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}Boipelo Mere

THEMayibuyeDanceAcademy inGalesheweis making inroads into the competitive dancescene in the country. Two of the academy’sdancers, Sussera Olyn and Otsile Masemola,were selected to participate in theMoving intoDance training programme scheduled to startin January.The two were selected during a recent out-

reach programme in Kimberley, held byMov-ing Into Dance from Johannesburg. This wastargeted at selecting post-matric dance stu-dents for a one-year training course. Thecourse,which is renewable depending onmer-it, is aimed at empowering the students to beable to learn and to equip them with skills be-yond that of dancing.“Thiswill allow them to sharpen their skills

to become versatile dancers and teach themself-discipline and also how to earn a living asdancers,” said Lizelle Julie, the dance special-ist at the Mayibuye Dance Academy.According to the two representatives of

Moving into Dance, Muzi Shili and OscarButhelezi, the selected dancers passed the cri-teria of self-discipline, hard work and humili-ty and were hungry enough to throw them-selves into learning.“Unlike the normal procedure of us having

to invite dancers to attend auditions, theNorthern Cape has already proven itself. Wehave selected two talented dancers to gostraight into class next year,” said Shili.“It is a once-off course where the students

will be invited for choreography. Their train-ing will entail Afro-fusion, contemporarydancing, African dancing, edu-dance, anthro-

pology of dance, computer skills, human anat-omy and administration,” said Buthelezi.This year’s winter workshop for the dance

academy was a plus, as it brought interestamongstmore hopefuls, coming from as far asUpington. With the influx of more students,the academy had to incorporate other dancestyles like hip-hop, traditional, Latin and ball-roomdance.More dance stylesmeant increas-ing staff, as initially it only catered for balletand Spanish dance.Internal assessment is also done on a quar-

terly basis to evaluate the dancers’ develop-ment, which leads to performances to whichthey invite parents so that they can witnesswhat their children do.According to Julie, the academy has grown

fromstrength to strength, especially their Lat-in dancers. Julie revealed that in August twoof their couples, who had participated in theworld trials inGauteng, returnedwithgoodre-sults. “One of the teams qualified for the intra-provincial dance competition in Cape Town,where they were joined by three others to per-form.One couple came fifth in the competitionand two made it to the semi-finals,” she saidwith pride.“Letlhogonolo Nche, one of our contempo-

rary dance instructors, was honoured by be-ing commissioned for the first time to a 15-minutepieceperformance in front ofworld-re-nowned choreographers anddance practition-ers during the Dance Umbrella InternationalFestival in September.”The academywill host its first year-end pro-

duction on 10 December at 18:00, where danc-erswill showcase their creativity to the publicfor free at theMayibuyeMultipurpose Centre.

Dancing skills honed

SUSSERA OLYN, who was chosen for the Moving into Dance training programme, al­ready in the hands of her new trainers, Muzi Shili (left) and Oscar Buthelezi.

OTSILE MASEMOLA is one of the students who were chosen to participate in the Mov­ing into Dance training programme in January. Photos: Boipelo Mere

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ChoirsperformIlse Watson

LASTweek theLaerskoolKurumanhos-ted their cultural evening An adventurein music.

School choirs from die primaryschools of Kuruman, Kathu and Larengand the Kagung Youth Choir performed.

Former learners of the Laerskool Ku-ruman, Janli Roodt and Tshidiso Mole-ma, who are currently both attendingschool at the Hoërskool Kalahari, alsocharmed the audience with their melo-dious voices.

JANLI ROODT sang the song Dans.

TSHIDISO MOLEMA sang the songYou disappear.

JANNATUL FERDOUS performed theIndian dance which left the audiencebegging for more.

} Boipelo Mere

NORTHERN CAPE gospel fansare to prepare themselves for anexciting and mouth-watering mu-sical extravaganza as South Afri-ca’s favourite ensemble JoyousCelebration and 2012 South Afri-can Idols winner, Khaya Mtheth-wa, are expected to join forceswith international gospel musi-cian Kirk Franklin.

The much-anticipated extrava-ganza will take place at the Gri-quas (GWK) Rugby Park on 8 De-cember.

It is a definite fact that fans willbe worshipping and praising atthe top of their lungs as the multi-talented Kirk Franklin, alongsidethe award-winning Joyous Cele-bration, will be laying out somebrilliant gospel tunes.

Franklin is well loved for theproduction of some astoundinggospel hits such as Bread of Life.

With three gospel giants on onestage, this will surely be 2013’smost acclaimed gospel event.

This once in a lifetime gospel

concert, which is part of the inau-gural DiamondCity Revival, host-ed by Maverick State and theNorthern Cape Provincial Gov-ernment, is likely to be ahuge suc-cess with tickets already in de-mand. South Africa’s most cele-brated talent, Khaya Mthethwa,promises to grace the stage withthe Gospel Alive Choir from hisnew TV show.

“We are looking forward tosharing the stage with one of theworld’s best gospel stars, whichhas produced hits that have in-spired us on our gospel journey,”says Jabu Hlongwane, co-founderof Joyous Celebration.

To witness history in the mak-ing, gospel lovers are requested tobook tickets via Computicket orany Shoprite outlet at the price ofR180. Gates will open at 10:00 andthe show starts at 12:00.) Your favourite communitynewspaper, Northern Cape Ex-press, will be giving away twodouble tickets to five readersANDten hampers to participatingreaders. KIRK FRANKLIN Photo: Supplied

KHAYA MTHETHWA Photo: Supplied

Gospel extravaganza awaits

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} Boipelo Mere

THE National Lottery Board (NLB) is appeal-ing to Northern Cape NGO’s to submit propos-als for funding.

According to the NLB, unlike other provin-ces the Northern Cape has never reached its5% share of funding since the inception of thefunding process, which is 10 years ago.

The appeal was made by a NLB representa-tive, Bathabile Kapumba, at the TabernacleChurch Hall during the recent fraud aware-ness campaign.

“We have tried several times to visit theNorthern Cape where we invited NGO’s toidentify their needs and encouraged them, al-though we have realised that they have theleast amount of NGO’s.

“’Themajority of the applicants are less com-pliant.

“We are still making an appeal to them tosend their proposals. We will give them all themoney that they request and allow them to re-apply for us to extend the funding process, pro-vided they are compliant,”said Kapumba.

She acknowledged that the issue of theNorthern Cape having a small population, orthe distance, is not the issue at hand.

“Not using the money to its rightful purposeis a challenge for us. The funds aremade avail-able to play a role in society.

“’The sad part is that the unusedmoney can-not be carried over to the next financial year.We guarantee that we can reach the furthestNGO at any time,” she responded to whetherthe vastness of the province does not affect thefunding process.

She continued that they sometimes turndown desperate applicants who falsely applyunder the Northern Cape name while theirprojects are not run in the province.

“We are no law breakers and will not allowanyone touseus.Our red campaign intensifiedour assessment process to prevent that kind ofcorruption.”

NGO’s torespond

} Lerato Sebe

THE Hope Burial Food Fund officiallylaunched their cooperative establishmentaimed at empowering Northern Cape womenand families living in poverty in Roodepan.

The launch sawcommunitymembers and lo-cal community leaders as well as pastors ofvarious denominations attending the event.

Motivational speakers gave talks on busi-ness and how to build an establishment andmaintain it where spiritual upliftment was al-so at the order of the day.

Julian Kok, the CEO and founder of the or-ganisation, started the establishment in Feb-ruary as the sole owner of the organisation.

He was then joined by an additional fourmembers and also opened another branch inKwaZulu-Natal in June with eight membersrunning it.

“This is an insurance aid that assists pover-ty-stricken families with food parcels duringthe burial of their loved ones,” said Kok.

“The vision of the organisation is also toempower women to go into business and thatis why we are targeting 83 women to be em-ployed at Hope Burial Food Fund.”

Kok said that theywere trying to reach a tar-get of 37 000 people in the Northern Cape to be-come members and beneficiaries in their es-tablishment.

“Our main focus is in the Northern Cape.

The launch was to officially transform the es-tablishment into a cooperative and to start outwith a solid foundation.”

Kok indicated that their target areas wereGaleshewe, Roodepan, Homevale, Greenpoint,Ritchie, Barkly West and Windsorton. He add-ed that each of these areas had a communityrepresentative who travelled door-to-door tomarket and inform the community about theirestablishment andwhat theyhad to offer them.

“We also approach NGOs or businesses thatgrow vegetable gardens and purchase vegeta-bles from them and in return the communitybenefits both ways – through us (Hope BurialFood Fund) and the communityNGO and busi-nesses.”

Food fund aims to empowerMEMBERS of the Hope Burial Food Fund are from the left, front: Anthea van der Burg, Nicole McGowan (director), Julian Kok (CEO),Past. Frank Loff and Jane Loff; back: Melani Bosch, Irene Smous, Charlene Moir, Jessica Bosch and Mitjie Lucas. Photo: Supplied

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V Ilse Watson

THE Hephzibah Postmasburg wor-ship team recently launched theirdebut album.Their new CD was officially laun-

ched by the mayor of the Tsantsaba-ne Local Municipality, Elroy Phete.The launch took place at the Civic

Hall and people from as far as Uping-ton and Olifantshoek attended theevent.This project all started in July 2011

with the planting of the HephzibahChurch in Postmasburg. As part ofthe normal church activities theyestablished a worship team thatconducts worship and praise activi-ties at events.In June Hephzibah Postmasburg

tookadecision to fund theCDprojectto fund their social programmes thatare driven through the TsantsabaneCentre of Hope, a non-governmentorganisation that assists youthdevelopment.They believe that music is a very

influential medium of communicati-on. The CD titled The indispensablesong is a must sing along and listento CD for everyone. The message oftheir CD: Nothing is impossible.

Worship team’s CD inspires

FROM the left are Shaunette Heyns, Brumilda Jacobs, Sania Jacobs, Francis Jacobs, Marche Adams, TabitaJacobs and Jestien Fredericks. Photo: Supplied

INCREASEDCONGESTION on theJohn Taolo Gaetsewe Region roads,namely the N14 (Kuruman-Kathu),R385 respectively (OlifantshoekCross-Postmansburg-DaniëlskuilCross) and ultimately the R31 fromDaniëlskuil cross-Kimberley.The roads have reportedly also

shown an increase in fatal accidentsdue to the area’s increase in miningoperations, resulting in escalation invehicle flow and population sinceJanuary this year, also claiming thelive of a traffic officer in the line ofduty. Thus the Northern Cape De-partment of Transport, Safety andLiaison is intensifying its 365 Daysof Road Safety programmes with arobust action plan in the mentionedregion. Drivers will be screened foralcohol, driving licences and licencediscs/number plates for authentici-ty and vehicles for roadworthinessamongst others each week.Arrests will also take place for any

contravention of the law where ap-plicable.“We are entering the festive sea-

son and there is a build-up of excite-ment and operations will be contin-ued and intensified.“The operationswill not only be in

JohnTaoloGaetseweRegionbutwillbe across the province,” stated Kei-tumetse Moticoe, the communica-tions officer at the Department ofTransport, Safety and Liaison.

Zero tolerancefor law defiers

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Graduates ready to face the world} Boipelo Mere

THEminister of Rural Devel-opment, Gugile Nkwinti, em-phasised that the 599 youngpeople who had graduatedfrom the National RuralYouth Service Corps (NAR-YSEC) at 3 SAI Military Basein Kimberley last week areready to face the real world.Coming from all nine prov-

inces, the students all re-ceived certificates for theirthree-month youth leadershipprogramme provided by theMilitary.The NARYSEC programme

is a two-year programme im-plemented by the Departmentof Rural Development andLand Reform as part of thegovernment’s broader effortsto provide skills developmentfor the youth, particularly

those residing in the rural ar-eas.The NARYSEC programme

is implemented as part of thedepartment’s ComprehensiveRural Development Pro-gramme (CRDP) as an inter-vention, given the challengesof unemployment and povertythat continues to afflict themajority of young South Afri-cans.The programme targets

young people aged between 18and 35 years, including thosewith disabilities, wherebythey are expected to ploughback in their communitiesthrough engagement inprojects in the areas wherethey have received trainingon completion the two yearprogramme.Elaborating on the success-

es of the programme frompre-

vious trainees during amediabriefing who are chosen fromrural communities,Nkwinti highlighted how

the training creates hope andinstils discipline in the mem-bers.He continued to highlight

how the army base is the per-fect place for the training,“since it is the only institu-tion that remains credible.What is done here can neverbe instituted in society”.“That iswhywebrought the

training here,” he said.“I believe that we can still

do more with the help of mu-nicipalities. They shouldcome on board by assisting toempower these youngsters intheir respective districts,whichwill alsomotivate theminto forming co-operatives,”said the minister.

Whilst applauding the pro-gramme, Nkwinti highlightedan incident where he wasinvited by two females fromthe previous groups to offi-cially hand over a house thatthey had built.Another member who is

wheelchair bound offered tohire some of his peers in his

construction company.“An amount of R508 million

was invested into this pro-gramme, specifically for ruralareas where the ambitions ofyoungsters are being takenfor granted.“That is where there are no

township gangsterism to dis-tract them.

“It will definitely make adifference in the lives ofmanyand add value,” continued theminister.To prove his confidence in

the programme, Nkwinti val-iantly invitedyoungmembersof the media for a one weeklong training programme atthe military base.

THE parade march in process. Photos: Lecrecia Prins

FROM the left are the minister of Rural Development, Gugile Nk­winti, the minister of the Presidency, Obed Bapela, and the North­ernCapeMEC forAgriculture, Rural Development andLandReform,Norman Shushu, addressing the media.

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More dagga arrests} Lerato Sebe

AFTER several tip-offs from thelocal residents of Plooysburg,station commander Barend Cedrasand his members, assisted by theKimberley K9 Unit, found daggaplants being cultivated in the yardof a house at one the farms theyraided in Plooysburg.

The suspect was not at home atthe time and the police returnedlater, finding the grown andflowering plants, about 10, removedand destroyed.

The event led to the 50-year-oldman’s arrest and charge forpossession of dagga.

On the same day, police also

raided another farm where sixhouses were searched. The officersfound dagga stored in an oldunused fridge outside one of thehouses in an old cake tin. About1 kg was confiscated.

According to the police drugs andsubstance abuse contribute enor-mously to the commission ofvarious crimes, including seriousand violent crimes such as assault,rape and murder, as well asdomestic violence.

“We appreciate the efforts ourpartners in the fight against crimecontribute, including communitiesthrough their various structures intheir efforts towards a safe anddrug free community,” said Maj.

Gen. Jean Abrahams, the KimberleyCluster commander.

Police have received successfulresults through continuous tip-offsfrom the community and suspecteddrug hubs within the small farmingcommunity of Plooysburg.

The Plooysburg police officersraided another house on a farm andfound a bag containing 50 kg ofcompressed dagga where fivewomen were arrested and chargedfor possession of dagga.

“Arrests such as these send out aclear and loud message that thePlooysburg community is not adrug haven and that they will nottolerate drugs in their community,”added Abrahams.

MEMBERS of the SAPS in Plooysburg with two of the suspects who were arrested during the raid and someof the dagga confiscated.

The diamond shoescould feed a village} Dimakatso Lechwenyo

US $1.97 billion for a pair ofbeautiful shiny shoes manufac-tured by the House of Borgeziewhilst 4 billion people in theworld are living in poverty.

These US $1.97 billion shoes areno ordinary shoes. They are alldiamonds and gold.

Curiosity strikes . . . Who arethe raw material suppliers of theHouse of Borgezie?

Where is this business based?How much is the company con-

tributing towards social responsi-bility? My investigations wereshort-lived.

My angle for this story was onealong the lines that ‘We can allcontribute towards eliminatingpoverty’ yetGooglehadabsolutelynothing to say about socio-eco-nomic projects initiated and sup-ported by the billion-dollar shoe-maker.

The world is a reflection of thepeople who live in it. If people whomanufacture shoes worth US $1.97billion are able to find a buyer forthe shoe, it is an indication thatthere is enough money in some-one’s pocket to be able to affordthat shoe or even to feed all thehungry in the world.

If people are living in povertysomewhere in this very sameglobal village, it means that wefind it better to invest in shoesthan to invest in our people.

Many of us have had to learnthat in this world nothing is formahala. It is dignified to earn forwhat you want. It is not fine by methat billions of people are poverty-stricken and those with the capa-city to do something are too self-centred or ignorant to give a help-ing hand.

Nothing wrong with wearingbetter shoes if you still have yourfeet on the ground. Invest in a shoemanufacturer who in turn investsin his labour force, who in turn in-vest in their children, who in turninvest in others. . . if only the cyclecould be an investment cycle.

Yet how many of us ever botherto check and askwhat andhow thecompanies that we so loyally sup-port are giving back to our com-munities? Maybe that is why Ihave no problem walking half anhour fromhome to Shoprite to buya litre of milk as I am well awareof what Shoprite is doing righthere in Galeshewe.

Looking at the salary of Shop-rite Holding’s CEO I think theycan do far better, yet they aredoing something. Whether myfriend on the street corner is con-tributing towards the develop-ment of my community or even aVAT vendor is another story.Maybe he is one, he just failed tounderstand what I was talkingabout when I asked him. Whoknows, if we focus on investingand splitting rewards which inthis case would be the profits fromthe House of Borgezie shoes thenthe investment would be worth it.The diamond industry would be-nefit, the gold industry would ben-efit and the owners of House ofBorgezie would benefit. Who else,I wonder.

JSC magazine issue of October2010 states the following: “Wehave made nine pairs so far buthave a rapidly growing order booksays Shellis”.

ThisMrShellis referred to is thefounder of House of Borgezie whoproduces these billion dollarshoes. Who are the suppliers thatare trading with Mr Shellis?Google cannot say or maybe no-body asked.

I think and think . . . close tohome my thoughts go. It has beenproven that African countriessuch as Botswana, Namibia andSouth Africa are said to be export-ing diamonds worth billions, whoare these countries selling to andat what price? Borgezie and thelikes? Questionable.

In 2006 Namibia was said tohave produced approximately

$700 million dol-lars of dia-monds and yetthis country’spopulation wholive in povertyare more thanhalf the popula-tion at 55.8%. As I write this, dia-monds account for 76% of Botswa-na’s export revenue at what cost?30.3% of the population living inpoverty? Right here in the North-ern Cape, mines are performingwell and are trading, yet our peo-ple are living in poverty as they donot qualify for vacant career op-portunities as these jobs requireskills and experience that can on-ly be found in the working envi-ronment. Mines must investmentin the skills development of ourpeople. There is no school of expe-rience.

The deed of buying the shoesseems to be in vain. Not all thestakeholders that ought to be ben-efiting from this deal are benefit-ing and if they are, the benefits areminimal.

I am not saying House ofBorgezie must set up soup kitch-ens to give free soup to the pover-ty-stricken. Not everyone thinksthat feeding the poor eliminatespoverty. Some people believe thatby buying certain products theycan contribute towards the econo-my and create jobs for those livingin poverty so that these people areable to elevate themselves to apoint where they no longer haveto beg to be fed.

Africa is begging, not becausewe are without resources but wehave the resources that somehowdo not seem to be benefiting us. In-dividually we can eliminate pov-erty by starting to educate our-selves and others.

We must ask questions and feedone hungry tummy where possi-ble. We should enlighten minerson their rights, we should ques-tion trade legislation if we feelthat it does not benefit our coun-tries, we should begin to questionwhat companies such as House ofBorgezie are doing for the benefitof their suppliers communities.

We should hold corrupt politi-cians accountable. We cannotalways be striking and throwingstones. It is time we learn that byburning chairs and tyres we givewhite-collar criminals a chanceand opportunity to hide. Some-times all we need is to sit in meet-ings and demand that our ques-tions are answered. Eliminatingpoverty goes beyond feeding andclothing the poor. It is a projectthat requires intelligence, appro-priate legislation, efficient finan-cial planning, population controland education. Winning the waragainst poverty is not a one-wheeled car. We can all contrib-ute. We should start with a com-munity dialogue and projects toassist our own community mem-bers, who are not fortunate to bewell off.

Awiseman said ‘Yougive amana fish you feed him for the day butif you teach him how to fish youfeed him for a lifetime.’ That grassyou water every afternoon in youryard feeds nobody. Start a gardenand begin to educate those whocome after you that we need notonly be consumers. We too can beself-sufficient.

DIMAKATSO LECHWENYO – cit­izen journalist.

‘Corruptofficialsmust go’} Boipelo Mere

“CORRUPT officialsmust go and it is myprinciple. I am an ac-tion person, I don’tjust talk,but Iact.Cur-rently we (Treasury)vet the identified can-didates during the in-terviews before theycan even be inter-viewed.”

This was quotedfrom Sello Mokoko,Northern Cape headof the Treasury De-partment, in his key-note address on behalfof MEC John Block atthe TabernacleChurch in Kimberley.

“Corruption isstealing from thepoor. It is evil, illegal,bad,wronganddeceit-ful. That is why thelaw of disclosure bybidding companiesshould be strength-ened,” said Mokoko atthe InternationalFraud AwarenessWeek where about 250officials from provin-cial government de-partments attended.

He pleaded with alldelegates, includingthe people of the coun-try, to support govern-ment initiatives tofight fraud and cor-ruption and empha-sized that governmentalone would not win,but everyone neededto be accountable.

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} Sidwell Guduka

THE Parliamentary Sports and RecreationCouncil (PSRC)onWednesday launched the in-augural National Legislative Games at theFree State Legislature in Bloemfontein.

The event, which will be hosted by the FreeState Legislature, will take place at the TempeMilitary Base and Central University of Tech-nology (CUT) in the province’s capital fromFriday until Sunday.

All nine provinces of South Africa will betaking part in different sporting codes.

Speaking at the launch, Dr Zukile Luyenge,the chairperson of PSRC, said: “Sport andgames are a means of mental and physicalgrowth. We learn how to maintain mental bal-ance in the midst of hopes and despair. Theyhelp us learnhow to tackle a difficult situation.

“Sport and games develop a sense of friendli-ness. They develop team spirit. They help indeveloping mental and physical toughness.They shape our body and make it strong andactive. They give us energy and strength. Theyremove tiredness and lethargy. They improveblood circulation. This improves our physicalwell-being and efficiency.”

Luyenge further said the PSRC believed ahealthy civil service was critical for makinggovernment work, turning policy into realityand changing people’s lives.

“PSRC desires dedicated and highly skilledpublic servants committed to delivering forthe nation. The PSRC is therefore committedto the health and wellness of its staff becauseit recognises that public servants are not face-less bureaucrats, but real people striving everyday to serve the public.”

The chairman added that these games wouldenable parliament to interact and build rela-tionships with all Provincial Legislaturesthrough sport and recreation.

“This programme will be an opportunity tobring together civil servants from the threespheres of Government to network and shareideas while participating in sport, irrespectiveof age and gender and including those with dis-abilities,” Luyenge concluded. All nine prov-inces of South Africa will participate in differ-ent sporting codes of this new initiative. Theevent will take place annually and will be heldin all provinces on a rotational basis.

Game on for PSRC

FROM the left are Mantsheng “Ouma” Tsopo, the speaker of the Free State Legislature;Dr Zukile Luyenge, the chairman of PSRC, and Khoza Pelele, a representative of the North­West Legislature. Photo: Voight Mokone

} Tladi Moloi

DLA2 FOOTBALLCLUB are the cham-pions of the SafaThabo MofutsanyaRegional LeagueMashinini Enter-prise Trust Top 8Cup.

Dla2, a team fromthe Monontsha Vil-lage in Qwaqwa,were bestowed withthe championshiptrophy.

They beat DikwenaFC by 4-2 during thepenalty shoot-out af-ter a 2 all draw in the120 minutes of thegame at theBohlokong Stadiumon Saturday.

Thabiso Motaungand Mojalefa Mopeliscored the two goalsfor Dikwena whileLetsoela Mochabeng,who walked awaywith the top goalscorer award, scoreda brace for the cham-pions.

Sifiso Dladla andNngozi Nhlaphomissed two penaltiesto hand over the tro-phy to Dla2 who arecurrently leading thelog on the StreamAofthe Safa Thabo Mo-futsanyana SABLeague.

Dla2 received anR8 000 cheque, goldmedals and a trophywhile Di-kwena re-ceived R4 000 and sil-ver medals for losingin the finals. Eventhough Dla2 were thefavourite to win thecup, they had tosweat for their prizes.

They had to comefrom behind twice tosend the game to thepenalties.

Motaung broke theice early in the firsthalf giving Dikwenaand early 1-0 lead, butDla2 responded be-fore the interval withMochabeng levellingmatters 1-1.

A few minutes intothe second half,Mopeli extended thelead for Dikwena to2-1. Dla2 kept press-ing in search of theequaliser and theirdie-hard behaviourpaid off as Mo-chabeng completedhis brace.

Before the finalMighty Wits beatManyatseng UnitedBrother 4-1 to finishthird in the tourna-ment with UnitedBrothers securingthe fourth sport.

Zoa Motloung, theDla2 head coach, saidhe was disappointedwith the fact that thegame had to be decid-ed on penalties afterhe had promised toupset the opponentsin the final.

He said his playershad undermined theopponents and addedthat they nearly paidthe price.

“We beat them inthe Nedbank Cup aweek ago and myboys thought itwouldjust be a walkover.

“Final games aredifferent from leaguegames and theyshould know that,”he said.

However, he saidhe was happy that atthe end they lifted thetrophy.

“We will go backand shape the teamfor the league title be-cause that is whatmatters the mostnow,” he said.

Dikwena mentorTeboho Dlamini saidthey should havewonthe game in 90 min-utes.

“I was happy be-cause my boysshowed character.They knew what wasexpected of them andthey gave exactlythat.

“We could notblame anyone be-cause we ended uplosing the game onpenalties.

“Penalties are likelottery, so we foughtbut luck was not onour side,” he said.

Dlamini said theywould have to shifttheir minds on to theleague and put the fi-nal results behindthem.

“We have to take itas water under thebridge andkeep fight-ing.”

Persistencewins Dla2the final

CHAMPIONS: Dla2 FC, a team from theMonontsha Village in Qwaqwa, celebratewith the trophy after they hadwon the SafaThabo Mofutsanya Regional LeagueMashinini Enterprise Trust Top 8 Cup. Photo:Tladi Moloi