JOZIWEB: February 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Mamelodi Sundowns on a role of Undertaking

Mamelodi Sundowns in the middle of the point of undertaking‚ whose league agenda was distorted in the first half of the season by their African Champions League achievement and subsequent participation in the Club World Cup in Japan‚ are on an intense schedule of two matches per week as they play catch-up.

But if they keep up their winning ways‚ they will likely be playing three times per week right up to mid-July.

Conquest over the Eastern Cape outfit will lift Pitso Mosimane’s team to the top of the Absa Premiership table on goal difference ahead of SuperSport United and Cape Town City in a three-way tie on 35 points.

But Sundowns will have played three games less than SuperSport and four less than City‚ accentuating their dominance in the league campaign.

But they must now fit in 15 more league matches in a 14-week period before the league season is determined on June 17.

Sundowns will likely continue their season through past the first weekend of July if they qualify‚ as expected‚ for the group stage of the Champions League.

Should they get past Kampala Capital City Authority in the second round of the Champions League‚ to be played in the next weeks‚ then Sundowns will play a further six games in the group phase of the Champions League.

The six group matches start in mid-May and run through to the weekend of July 7-9.

Sundowns also have the Nedbank Cup to compete in and if they reach the final‚ this will add a further five games to their programme.

This means on top of their 15 remaining league outings‚ they could have 13 more cup matches in a period of four and a half months‚ arguably the most taxing programme any South African club has ever faced.

It is compounded by two blocks over the next months when club football is halted for international competition.

The period of March 20-30 sees players off on international duty and this is repeated again from June 5-13.

Sundowns’ match on Tuesday is followed on Friday by a potential top-of-the-table clash with Cape Town City at the Athlone Stadium.

They then have only two days rest before they start the Nedbank Cup with a first round tie against amateurs Mariveni United at Atteridgeville on Monday‚ March 6.

Herman Mashaba hits back on xenophobia barb

The department said he should not use the lives of people as a public relations workout.

The fight comes as the Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs deliberates on the Refugees Amendment Bill and the consideration and approval of amendments to the Border Management Authority Bill.

Mashaba accused the department of not addressing the underlying cause of xenophobia.

The department said it had met Mashaba and "asked him to pull back" during the process of amending the bills. “We invited him to make submissions on the bills but we haven’t heard from his office. If he want wants to defuse the situation he should be championing these [bills]‚” said Department of Home Affairs spokesperson Mayihlome Tshwete.

Mashaba's office released a statement on Monday accusing the minister of home affairs of not doing enough to curb migration and issues around xenophobia.

“Acts of xenophobia are [a] long-standing and deep-rooted problem which national government has only sought to pay lip-service to rather than admitting to and addressing its underlying cause‚” Mashaba's statement said.

“My door remains open to interactions with the minister‚ and national government as a whole‚ towards finding a solution to xenophobic attacks and issues relating to migration within communities‚” Mashaba said.

Tshwete criticised a claim by Mashaba that the department had refused to meet the City of Johannesburg over xenophobia.

“We can't be meeting the mayor every two weeks." A technical team was working on the matter and the department's director-general of migration had been made available to help with anything the needed‚ Tshwete said.

"What the mayor is trying to do is shift attention from his Afro-phobic utterances‚” said Tshwete.

PSL promises safe derby on Saturday.

Due to last violent scene between Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns the changes and preparations have been made on the upcoming match that will take place on Sutarday.PSL safety and security head Phillip Masimong said yesterday the league had to gripe up security to avoid the likelihood of a replication of the violent scenes that flawed a league game between Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns at Loftus Versfeld recently.

''It could not be business as normal after what occurred at Loftus," Masimong said.

''What happened at Loftus was a lesson and we are ready for the Soweto derby."

Masimong said there would be an increased security presence and police, security personnel and plain-clothes operatives would be deployed inside and outside of the Soweto venue.

Crime intelligence operatives in Chiefs and Pirates shirts will also take their places in the stands to look out for signs of trouble.

The game should be sold out by Saturday as it will have the added attraction of a new coach on the Pirates bench.

Little-known Kjell Jonevret was unveiled at Bucs last Monday and all eyes will be on the Swede in his first Soweto derby.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Kjell Jonevret Orlando Pirates Coach says more time is needed the team will be great again

Bucs were impressive in patches in Jonevret’s first game as coach in the 1-1 draw against Polokwane City at Orlando Stadium on Saturday.

A soaked pitch made for tough conditions.

Generally‚ though‚ Pirates showed signs of a better structure in defence and direction going forward.

An Mpho Makola error‚ giving the ball away in his own half‚ led to Rodney Ramagalela’s opener for City in the 54th minute.

Bucs profited when Thapelo Tshilo missed a regulation header in Polokwane’s area to gift Dove Wome a 58th-minute equaliser.

Riyaad Norodien hit the upright in the dying seconds‚ denying Jonevret a win in his first game.

Overall‚ having had half-a-week to train the team‚ Joneveret could not have asked for too much more‚ even if he was “not satisfied with a draw”.

“Most times when we have a draw I'm not satisfied‚” the 54-year-old Swede said.

“It could be sometimes.

"For example when the team scored in the 93rd minute in Cape Town [against Cape Town City last week]‚ then it could be a little OK.

“But today I was hoping for a victory.

"So we could get rid of that talk that we have not won for a long time.

"But at the same time there was a lot of things that we saw today‚ and there were some big players.

“Of course this was the first time I saw the players from the sideline in a game.

"And of course there were a few I was really impressed by‚ and a few I’d have to talk a bit to‚ and expect a bit more next time.

“It’s not going to be immediate.

"This is going to take a bit more time.

“But of course now we can start working on a bit of a higher level next week than we did this week because we have learned a bit more about each other.

“So hopefully we are going to get better and better.

"But I’m not satisfied. I want to win.”

The pass rate of 30% is not good change is needed says expert to Indaba Education

The seminar was held at Freedom Park in Pretoria on Monday where National Education Teamwork Trust (NECT)‚ the Department of Basic Education and Umalusi officials met under the supports of Dialogue SA to discuss major problems facing the basic education system.

The controversial topic of progressed learners and the standardisation of marks featured strongly in the debates‚ while questions were raised around the National Senior Certificate curriculum itself‚ and if the results reflected the realities of schools in South Africa.

Dr Miram Altman of the National Planning Commission however‚ pulled no punches‚ saying that while she could appreciate the hard work and patience that has gone into "rebuilding the education system" over the years‚ the NSC was at a very low standard for a middle-income country like South Africa‚ a factor which in turn impacts massively on unemployment.

"In order to make significant inroads into a challenge like this where we are fixing a system where black kids weren't supposed to get through high school but now they are‚ that's a big challenge. But we have to deal with the rightful frustration people have and educators and people in this room need to stay the course‚" Altman said.

"But for somebody who asks a lot of questions and reads a lot‚ it's extremely hard to understand the education results. When I call education experts and ask why the pass rate is at 30 or 40%‚ very few people‚ including in the education department‚ have been able to explain this to me‚" Altman said.

"Why does the market have this perception that a matric isn't worth that much? The reality is that the exit capabilities (of learners) are not what the economy needs‚ and a 30 or 40% pass rate is not what the economy needs in a middle-income country‚" Altman continued.

"This is not an exit capability that will serve the economy and enable transformation and lead to a decent life."

Feedback from group debates echoed sentiments expressed by Umalusi CEO Dr Mafu Rakometsi‚ which called for increased advocacy and better communication strategies to better inform parents and the public about the NSC and how it works‚ escpecially the progression of learners and standardisation of marks.

"We are not fixing marks in dark rooms... our standardisation process is in line with international practice and does not only apply to DBE‚ but the Independent Examinations Board also‚" said Rakometsi.

Education Minister Angie Motshekga was due to deliver the closing remarks but left shortly after lunch.

Thabo Mbeki says Students‚ society should reject protests which cause damage to property

In his maiden address as chancellor of the university in Pretoria on Monday‚ the former president outlinined his vision in line with the university’s vision to become the “African university shaping futures in the service of humanity”.

Universities have faced protests from students demanding free education. These protests have resulted in damage to campuses over the past year.

Mbeki expressed the appreciation and understanding of the actions taken by students in the “Rhodes Must Fall” and “Fees Must Fall” campaigns.

However Mbeki said he did not approve of the completely unnecessary and counterproductive violence and destruction of university property which occurred during these campaigns.

“Needless to say‚ the student movement and our society as a whole must decisively turn their backs on the forms of protests rooted in the logic of cutting of one’s nose to spite one’

Mbeki said this was illustrated by a plethora of incidents in which people burnt down clinics to demand better health care‚ or destroyed lecture rooms because they wanted free education‚ or laid whole schools to ruin because they did not like a proposed municipal boundary.

Mbeki said the answer to the question on whether the country was spending sufficient resources on higher education should be deferred until the commission of inquiry into the feasibility of higher education finished its work.

The commission‚ headed by Judge Jonathan Heher‚ is inquiring into and will make recommendations on the feasibility of a fee-free higher education and training in South Africa.

“I trust that the report of the commission will also alert us to the imperative to engage the whole nation in a serious discussion about the larger challenge of how we should structure our public expenditures‚ over the medium term at least.”

Mbeki said this arose from the hard reality that the country continued to face challenges to correcting injustices of the past.

“The state has finite resources. What is spent to address one social economic challenge constitutes a resource which is unavailable to address another challenge‚” Mbeki said.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Mamelodi Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane said"you can't study Biology you are writing Geography"

Sundowns defunct from their normal flowing football style and involved in an arm-wrestle that not only irritated Gavin Hunt's side‚ but showcased Sundowns' flexibility and adaptability.

When the sides first met on October 1 in Mbombela‚ Wits handed Sundowns a 3-0 hammering.

“You can't study biology yet you're writing geography‚" Mosimane said.

"You've got to study what's pending to you. We distinguished they were not going to change their game plan and they've been terminating teams.

"I was watching them during the Baroka game and I didn't even finish that game. Baroka wanted to play football and Wits didn't allow them to.

"I knew Wits weren't going to play football and I wasn't going to do the same.

“This game was a heavyweight boxing bout and it didn't look good and I'm sorry about that. Normally Mamelodi Sundowns does not win these types of matches.

"This team can play pretty football but they can also graft at the same time.

"That's something we learnt during the Champions League and with the style of football they're employing‚ they look like a team that'll do well‚ especially in the away games. ”

Sundowns may be three points off log leaders SuperSport United but they still have four games in hand in fourth place.

On account of how tactically astute they were against Hunt's equally brilliant side‚ Mosimane's goal-driven team should be log leaders if they beat Chippa United on Tuesday at home.

But the wily coach is not counting his chickens before they hatch.

“We are just taking one game at a time and we're not looking up the log.

"What's good for us now is that we're three points ahead of our schedule so we need to win against Chippa United to complete our first block of fixtures and deposit those points in the other block of matches.

"If we carry on in that manner‚ we're en route for the same number of points we had last season. I don't know whether we'll get there because of injuries and stuff‚” Mosimane said.

“There's also the small matter of the Champions League where if you get to the group stages‚ there's six games and this could also apply to Wits.

DA's says The President Jacob Zuma State of the Nation Address cost the taxpayer"R11 Million"

The Democratic Alliance says that the President State of the Nation Address cost the amount of R11 Million.Secretary to Parliament Gengezi Mgidlana said this year's address and festivities would cost up to R4-million‚ less than the R4.5-million it cost last year.

Because there was such controversy around the heavy police and military presence at parliament this year‚ DA Chief Whip John Steenhuisen investigated what additional money was spent‚ sending questions to the police‚ the department of public works‚ the military and the State Security Agency

The police service said it spent R4.085-million on security and staffing and the department of public works said it spent R2.7-million.

The SSA refused to answer questions. Steenhuisen will submit a Promotion of Access to Information request to find out.

The military provided documents that showed it spent R204 153.60 on providing 441 SANDF members for six days “to maintain law and order during the opening of parliament.

There was something wrong with the figures‚ Steenhuisen said. Last year the military said it spent R344 405.28 for only 188 personnel for four days.

Steeenhuisen believes more than R11-million was spent in total.

He said the figures made a mockery of Mgidlana’s comments that the address is “about the president and members of the public interacting with the speech being made”.

The address was no longer accessible to ordinary people‚ but they had to spend more tax money "for a compromised president facing a hostile parliament"‚ Steenhuisen said.

The millions spent on the address could have gone towards job-creation or education‚ he said.

Grade R Teachers in Northern Cape faces big problems when coming to salary

Northern Cape province children are unable to go to school due salary problems of teachers for grade R While those teaching other grades received their salaries at the end of January‚ about 192 Grade R teachers have not been paid. The provincial education department says it is because they have not submitted required documents for annual contract renewal.

Nomusa Tembe* a Grade R teacher at a school in Nonzwakazi township‚ De Aar‚ said the problem began in 2014 when they remained unpaid for the first three months of the year‚ receiving their wages only in April.

Tembe asked the school principal about the delays but said she had not received a satisfactory answer.

“While nobody seems to know what the problem is‚ the department still wants the work done during the months that we are not paid on time. Things are difficult at home but we are scared that if we embark on a go-slow or a strike they will fire us on the spot. It is purely abuse that we are experiencing from the department‚” Tembe said.

Her colleague‚ who also did not want her name to be disclosed‚ said her child was unable to register at school and was at home because of the late payment.

“We are really starving and as a single parent this is a heavy burden. Everyone knows how difficult the month of January is but ours is worse because we work in the month without pay‚” she said.

The government has put increasing emphasis on ensuring more children receive foundation-phase education. While this is the government’s commitment‚ Tembe and her Grade R colleagues say they it has not filtered down to them.

She said the issue had in previous years been reported to the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in the province but they had been paid soon afterwards and had not followed up with the union.

However‚ the union told The Times it had not received any complaint.

“We will have to investigate. Sadtu will go to the department and inquire. I cannot now pre-empt what the department will say‚” said Sipho Mayongo‚ provincial secretary.

The Northern Cape Department of Education said it had conferred with the principals and school governing bodies on processes and requirements for the extension of the Grade R contracts.

“The engagement was done timeously to ensure that there would be no delays in the payments of practitioners in January 2017. The contracts are renewed annually; this has been a practice for the past five years‚” said spokesperson Geoffrey van der Merwe.

For the department to approve payment it needs 12 documents which include tax certificates‚ signed Z83 forms and UIF registration.

“It should be noted that no payment would be processed if all documents were not submitted or were incomplete. No faxed copies were accepted. All of this was emphasised to all stakeholders during these engagements‚” Van der Merwe said.

But Tembe rejected this‚ saying that the teachers submitted all the documents in October last year.

While the delay continues‚ families of the teachers continue to suffer.

*Not her real name

Kaizer chiefs Coach Khomphela happen to have a plan to stop Mamelodi Sundowns

Stop Mamelodi Sundowns from romping away to the league title then the pressure will be gone,he said after the 1-1 draw with Ajax Cape Town on Saturday.

Khompela said"We’ve got to win our own matches and put pressure on them to win all their remaining matches,the game is all about pressure.

"That should be the perspective. Whether it is possible? Yes it is possible.

"Can they do it? Yes‚ they can‚” said Komphela‚ answering is own questions.

“But they still have to! So we have to be in a position where we win our own matches and put pressure on them.”

Komphela said there could still come a time in the season when things started to go wrong for Sundowns‚ who sit fourth in the Premier Soccer League standings but are just three points from the top of the table and have a bevy of matches in hand over the other teams in the title race.

Sundowns have 32 points from 14 games and will only reach the halfway stage of their league campaign on Tuesday when they meet Chippa United at home in Pretoria.

Chiefs are just two points above them n the log but have played five games more.

“Obviously they are going to pick up suspensions‚ that is a dynamic in football. Some players will lose form; they are not machines‚ that is another dynamic.

“A third point – they are going to have injuries. God forbid nobody should suffer any serious injury. That is going to happen in football.

“Now based on all that‚ will they be lucky enough to get through all that? If they are and they keep up momentum‚ it will happen (that they win the league).

"But if they are disrupted by the factors mentioned‚ their rhythm will be disrupted. But we can only cross that bridge when we get there‚” added Komphela.

Chiefs are on a seven match unbeaten run but after five successive victories were forced to score a late equaliser for a share of the spoils at Athlone Stadium against Ajax.

The man of the night Nasty C wins big at Metro FM Music awards

Nasty C be the last man standing on Metro FM music awards 2017 that was held on 25 February,he is indeed one of the most notable Hip hop artist in SA.he walked away with four awards including Best Hip Hop Album, Best Male Album, Best New Artist and the biggie, Song of the Year.

The Song of the Year winner is decided by the fans as voting lines were opened in the category

Nasty C called upon Mabala Noise boss Reggie Nkosi to say a word when receiving the final award.

"This is just the start. South Africa hasn't produced a superstar yet and we are just getting started," Reggie told the Durban audience.

Another firm favourite was Amanda Black. She walked away with Best RnB Single and the Listeners Choice Award.

It was announced on the night that each winner in the various categories would get R100,000 in prize money.

Nasty C opened the awards ceremony with his hit song Hell Naw. The lyrics, 'Am I ever gonna quit? Hell Naw. Will I dumb it down a bit? Hell Naw' soon trended on Twitter.

Thursday, February 23, 2017

SA shocking video she was caught stealing clothes

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Two appeared in court on Wednesday for murder of Khwezi Hudson

Hudson was killed last month in a robbery attempt at Sakhumzi restaurant while staff cashed up. Two suspects were arrested last week‚ one in KwaZulu-Natal and another in Soweto.

Gauteng MEC for Community Safety‚ Sizakele Nkosi Malobane attended proceedings.

She called for the maximum penalty if the suspects were guilty. "It's murder‚ and an armed business robbery‚" she said.

Responding to accusations of a lack of security in the internationally recognized tourism street‚ the MEC said that there were sufficient safeguards in the area.

“We have a CCTV system and that is why we were successful in the arrest of the suspects. Our sector police vehicle is there every 15 minutes to beef up security”.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Kaizer Chiefs confirms new deals contracts about Lucky Baloyi,Tshepo Masilela and Kgotso Moleko

Kaizer Chiefs just recently announced about the renewing of contracts amongst three players a defensive midfielder Lucky Baloyi and defender Kgotso Moleko and defender Tshepo Masilela

Kaizer Chiefs just announced that defender Kgotso Moleko and defensive midfielder Lucky Baloyi have signed new two-year deals with the club.

Speculation has been rife that Masilela could leave Amakhosi, but the team has moved swiftly to dismiss that by announcing the 31-year-old defender has signed a new contract that will see him stay at the club until June 2018.

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