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TSHESENG. – The heart-breakingmystery of the naked walking mancontinues.This man of the Selahliwe Village inQwaqwa who has been dubbed theNaked Johnnie Walker was againsnapped walking nude along the R57Road facing oncoming traffic, apparentlyon his way to Reitz, 120 km away.Nkutha Nkosana, a neighbour, said theman was not mad. He added that he wasshocked to hear that the man waswalking naked in the street.“He was working in the garden in themorning, like he always does. I wassurprised when I got a call from a friendwho alerted me about the situation. Afriend said I had to come quickly tofetch him before he went on socialmedia,” Nkosana said.“I rushed to the scene and took himhome. It was the first time he had donesomething like that.”The man told Express Eastern Free

State that he was neither mad nordrunk. He said he had done that to makeone of his relatives happy.“I am doing this to satisfy him. Iwanted him to stay away from me. I amtired,” he said.He refused to reveal the name of theperson who he kept on referring to as“he”.The man said the relative had come tohim in December last year and said thathe would be happy to see him suffering.“He never came back after that. But heis in my dreams with the same message.I need to rest. I can’t be dreaming of onething time and again,” the naked man,who was shaking because of the coldweather, explained.The frustrated man said he hadreported the matter to the police butthey had failed to help him.“I went to the police station to reportthis matter, but the police refused tohelp me. I then decided to walk naked toReitz,” he said.Const. Tisetso Labane of the Tshesengpolice station denied allegations thatthey had refused to help the man. Hesaid the man had arrived at the stationand sat down on the pavement withoutsaying a word.

“I asked him how we could help him. Hesaid he was waiting for someone,” Labanesaid.“After a few minutes, he undressedhimself in front of me. I asked my col-leagues to help me to dress him, but he fledthe scene.”

Nudity causes a stirNudity causes a stirMan’s actions remain mystery

THE man walking naked on the busy R57.He claimed that he was travelling to Reitz,which is 120 km from where he was in theTsheseng Village.

NKUTHANKOSANA, theman’s neighbour, helps in shielding him fromonlookers takingpictures of him. Photos: Thabo Mokoena

‘After a few minutes, he undressed himself in front ofme. I asked my colleagues to help me to dress him, but

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} Tladi Moloi

HARRISMITH. – The Harrismith TownHall was recently packed to capacity withresidents who reside within the EasternFree State. The residents stood united insaying no to the proposed De Beers Passroute.The South African Roads Agency (Sanral)

has been pushing for the new route, alongwith the N3 Toll Concession.Residents stated that the De Beers Pass

route, which would shorten the routebetween Johannesburg and Durban by14 km, would make them poor and kill theeconomy of the Thabo Mofutsanyana region.The residents wrote their messages on

placards during the imbizo, which wascalled by the minister of Transport, DipuoPeters.The messages read: “Protect our town”,

“2016 elections = no votes for you, Sanral

will vote for you”, “Away with De Beer passroute”.Residents were vocal in their opposition.

“You must please stop that to avoid thestrike. We will close the road (referring toN3) so that you can hear us,” said ChiloMbempe, a Harrismith resident, during thequestion and answer session.However, even though people were not

happy with the proposed route, the meetingdid not turn violent when the ministerfailed to tell the residents what wouldhappen if the proposed route became areality.Moeketsi Lebesa from Phuthaditjhaba,

Qwaqwa, said the Special Economic Zonewas doomed to fail without the N3. Headded that more people were going to losetheir jobs while Harrismith would be turnedinto a “ghost town”.“More than 50 buses drive between

Qwaqwa and Harrismith on daily basis,

taking people to and from work. And if thathappens (the new route) business will sufferand our people will lose their jobs. TheMaluti Bus Service will also die. So please,let the government stop this,” he said.“We do not want that route. Sanral should

listen to us because it is not government. Itis a government entity and so when we tellthem not to build that route, they shouldstop,” said Butana Komphela the Free StateMEC for Police, Roads and Transport.One of the most vocal opponents has been

the Harrismith Business Forum, whichfears that the 150-year-old Free State towncould become a “ghost town” if it werebypassed by the new N3 freeway routingproposal.The Harrismith Business Forum was,

however, requested not to take part in themeeting on the day because the MEC hadtold them that he would attend to themsoon.Tsietsi Tshabalala of the Economic

Freedom Fighters (EFF) said Governmentshould tell Sanral to stop with the route.“We will stand together with other

political parties in fighting the De BeersPass route, to ensure that it does nothappen,” he said.Peters, referring to the placards which

were posted on the walls of the hall, urgedthe community not to mix issues.“I can see that you wrote, ‘2016 = no

votes, Sanral will vote for you.’ Sanraldoesn’t vote. People who work for Sanralare the ones that vote,” she said.The minister said she was not going to

call it the De Beers Pass, but she will call itthe N3 development because they weretalking about the route itself.“A recent study shows that 3 500 trucks

pass through Harrismith daily and thatmeans we should do something to alleviatepressure on the roads. If there are 3 500

trucks now, in three months time, howmany will there be?” she said.

“If there is one thing that I do believe in,it is consultation. I must be satisfied thatpeople believe and agree with what we aregoing to do. At least more than 60% of thepeople must agree. Now we have a situa-tion, where the residents are just so unitedagainst the route,” said Peters.Peters said when they said the people

shall govern, they meant it.“Nazir Ali, the chief executive officer of

Sanral, you’re a member of the organisationthat I am a member of. I know that themandate for road infrastructure is impor-tant, especially for national roads. But weneed to do it together with the people; theyneed to understand what we need to do. Sowe need to call the experts to come andexplain. They should come and tell us howit can be done rather than how it cannot bedone,” she said.) Visit www.express-news.co.za to readmore stories on Sanral.

Community inuproar over route

NAZIR ALI, chief executive officer of the South African Roads Agency (Sanral), ButanaKomphela, Free State MEC for Police, Roads and Transport and Dipuo Peters, Ministerof Roads and Transport, during the recent imbizo which was held in the Harrismith TownHall.

SOME of the messages that the community who had attended the imbizo had written for Dipuo Peters (national minister of Roads and Transport) during the recent imbizo whichwas held in the Harrismith Town Hall.

MESSAGE on a t-shirt. Photos: Tladi Moloi

LEONA KLEY-NHANS, DA mem-ber of the provin-cial legislature:

THE De Beers PassExpressway is set tobecome a reality.This emerged at a recent joint meeting of

the Infrastructure Committee and theEconomic Development Portfolio Commit-tee in Harrismith, after it was included inthe Medium Term Strategic Framework(MTSF) agreed to and signed by variousnational ministers and the president.The new route is clearly a national

priority seeking to enhance the greaterSouth African economy, as evidenced bythe signing of the MTSF. The currentdiscussions and hearings about this issue

are merely attempts by theANC to create the percep-tion that it is protecting theinterests of the localcommunity, while in factthe same ANC governmenthas already included this inits government MTSF.

The presentations by the Maluti-a-Pho-fung Local Municipality were so poor thatthey caused irreparable damage to argu-ments opposing the new route.According to the presentation by the

South African National Roads Agency(Sanral), the preferred option is a new roadfrom the Tugela Toll Plaza to Warden. Thisis to relieve the pressure of the ever-in-creasing traffic load by cars and trucks onthe existing N3.Sanral has indicated that the project

could begin within two years after a finaldecision is taken, and would take aboutfour years to complete. The estimated costof the new route is R5,3 billion, of whichabout two thirds will be spent in the FreeState. Sanral is currently spending afurther R7,9 billion in the province onupgrading the N5 and other roads, andconstructing linkages to the proposedHarrismith Logistics Hub and TshiameSpecial Economic Zone.The existing N3 will remain in place and

will be maintained to its present standard.There has been enormous pressure from

the community of Harrismith to preventthe building of the road. It has been fearedthat there would be huge job losses if theproject went ahead. According to a presen-tation by the municipality, an estimated1 300 jobs would be vulnerable. Sanral,

however, indicated that the new road couldproduce an estimated 26 000 jobs nationally.Sanral has reported that during the

construction phase there will be a boom inthe economy of Harrismith as the townwill form the base of operations. After thecompletion of the project there could be anegative impact on the local economy,which could be mitigated by the Harris-mith Logistics Hub and Tshiame SpecialEcono-mic Zone developments.Since it appears that the decision has

already been taken, the only option for theHarrismith community is to position itselfto benefit from the positive opportunitieswhich would be created by the new road. Itis critical that the municipality effectivelyuse the six-year window of opportunity toexpand economic opportunities for alterna-tive investment and job opportunities.

Municipality must identify new opportunities

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CLARENS. – You could almost taste theexcitement when 60 local artists andcrafters gathered in the Martie Lotz Halllast week to receive their Clarens CreativeHands certificates.The Creative Hands Project has been

working with these artists and crafters fornearly two months.Carolyn Schoeman, project organiser of

the Ifa Lethu Foundation, said it wasextremely exciting to see how the Art Aidteam had managed to coax and inspire

local artists, giving them the encourage-ment and confidence needed to go forwardand establish successful careers in a mostdemanding field.“It was a very special occasion and we

had the opportunity to meet with DrNarissa Ramdhini, the chief executiveofficer (CEO) of the Ifa Lethu Foundation.“You very quickly get the impression

that she is not only committed, but alsoextremely determined to enable artists andcrafters to build sustainable businesses

and to preserve our cultural heritage withskills from the past being developed andpassed on to the next generation.“What’s more, Ifa Lethu is committed to

continue helping our local artists and hopeto establish a retail outlet for thesetalented artists and crafters right here inClarens,” she said.Rosemary Mangope, the CEO of the

National Arts Council (NAC), followed upwith a most inspiring talk.“She spoke from her heart – and I have

no doubt that every artist in the room wasmoved by what she had to say, as sheidentified their qualities: the need to dareto be different, and to always, always beauthentic,” Schoeman said.Clem Harrington, member of the Mayor-

al committee at the Dihlabeng LocalMunicipality, also encouraged the gradu-ates.He mentioned that there was a possibili-

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QWAQWA. – Teachers are oftenoverlooked when a schoolachieves good results. Learnersusually claim all the braggingrights awarded for the achieve-ment.

But this time, the ManthatisiHigh School in Tsheseng,Qwaqwa, has decided to do it theother way around. The schoolhosted the auspicious teachersawards ceremony on Friday(17/04) at the WitsieshoekMountain Lodge.

According to Samuel Mphuthi,the principal, the awards wereaimed at acknowledging theteachers for their hard work. Hepaid tribute to the formerprincipal, Ditaba Mavundla, forlaying a good foundation for theschool. “To be honest, these areMavundla’s results. He obtainedgood matric results during histime. In 2013 we obtained a96,6% pass rate and last year wegot 80,82%. We did not expectthat, but today we are sayingthank you to the teachers for thegood results that they have beenproducing,” he said.

“We hosted the event tomotivate the teachers. We arequite sure that they will moti-vate learners if they are motivat-ed. We are going raise the

standard of the awards nextyear,” he said.

He concluded by saying hewished it was possible to giveawards to all teachers, but thatat the end of the day, some starsshone brighter than others.

The big winners of the daywere Setoloki Matla (teacher ofthe year) and Fusi Hlohlongoane(most promising and upcomingteacher).

Jwalane Khambule and TsariMoloi shared the most dedicated

educator of the year award.Matla, the Life Sciences

teacher, said she had notexpected to be an overall winnerafter the unimpressive results oflast year.

“I was on maternity leave lastyear and never had a chance torevise with the learners beforethe final examinations. However,the moment the principalannounced that it was for theall-time hard worker, I knewthat it was coming to me,” she

said.Matla started working at

Manthatisi in 2009 and startedteaching gr. 12 in 2010.

“The award means a lot to me.It shows that the school manage-ment is happy with what I amdoing. I am going to work harderto achieve more,” she said.

Busi Tshabalala, the ThaboMofutsanyana education districtdirector, said she was confidentthat the school could still dobetter then they had done.

Manthatisi awards teachers

SAMUELMPHUTHI, SetolokiMatla, JwalaneKhambule, Busi Tshabalala (ThaboMofutsanyanaeduca-tiondistrict director),MotebangSefume (formerSMGDofTsheseng, Tseki andMonotsha), TsariMoloiand Fusi Hlohlongoane pose in picture with a background of the beautiful Drakensberg Mountainsduring the Manthatisi High School teacher awards ceremony. Photo: Tladi Moloi

QWAQWA. – Gugile Nkwinti,the national minister of RuralDevelopment and Land Reform,will launch the mobile lodge-ment offices, that will bedispatched to remote areas ofSouth Africa for the processingof land claims, at the CharlesMopeli Stadium in Phutha-ditjhaba, Qwaqwa, on Saturday(25/04).

The mobile offices arespecially equipped vehiclesfitted with technology toprocess applications for landclaims on site. Four buses andtwo all-terrain 4 x 4 truckswill be deployed to the identi-fied communities over afour-year period ending on 30June 2019.

This initiative is part ofefforts to improve access forthose individuals and commu-nities wishing to lodge landclaims in far-flung parts of

the country.To ensure that a maximum

number of potential claimantcommunities are reached, theCommission on Restitution ofLand Rights has acquired themobile lodgement offices totravel around the country toreceive claims, in addition tothe 14 lodgement officessituated in all nine provinces.

Nkwinti will be joined byAce Magashule, premier of theFree State, and other dignita-ries from the province.

Members of the communityfrom Qwaqwa and the sur-rounding areas will have anopportunity to lodge their landclaims as part of the day’sproceedings.

The mobile lodgement officeswill remain in the Qwaqwaarea for another two weeksbefore proceeding to otherrural areas in the Free State.

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BETHLEHEM. – Thursday,23 April, tomorrow is asymbolic date for worldliterature.

It was a natural choice forthe United Nations Educa-tional, Scientific, andCultural Organization(UNESCO)’s General Confer-ence, held in Paris in 1995, topay a world-wide tribute tobooks and authors on thisdate, encouraging everyone,and in particular youngpeople, to discover thepleasure of reading and gain

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SOUTH AFRICANS are at their wits’end and turning to public transport aspetrol prices rocketed by more thanR1,50 per litre at the beginning of April.Are you driving as if there’s a sleeping

kitten under your accelerator? Fuelprices making you obsessively stare atyour fuel gauge?From ensuring you have the correct

tyre pressure to not “driving angry,”there are many ways you can reduceyour fuel consumption.Ford has ten great fuel-saving tips:

) Get your kit off – The kit on the roofthat is. Do you only surf on weekends? Ifthat’s the case, removing roof racksduring the week will ensure betteraerodynamics.) Correct tyre pressure – Ensuring youhave the correct tyre pressure can havea massive impact on fuel consumption aswell as handling. Low tyre pressure cancause blowouts.) Trim the “fat” – Weight can beanother factor in increased fuel con-sumption as well as affecting yourvehicle’s handling. Unload unnecessaryitems from your car. Another weight-sav-ing option is to fill your fuel tank to60–70% capacity.) Don’t rubberneck – We are all temptedto slow down and have a look at anaccident on the side of the road butdoing so causes others following to slowdown for no reason.All those vehicles then have to

accelerate to get going, wasting fuel inthe process.) Anticipate the road ahead – Alwaysfocus behind the wheel and assess whatwill happen on the road ahead. By

anticipating the road ahead, you willminimise reactionary braking oraggressive acceleration.) Do not drive angry – This is easiersaid than done, especially in traffic.Angry driving burns more fuel.Revving up at traffic lights or weaving

between lanes results in unnecessaryacceleration and fuel use.) Take a cruise – Using cruise controlon the road will ensure you maintaina constant speed which will save youfuel.) Stay in tune – A vehicle service is atask few look forward to but while youmay be saving money in servicing costs,you will end up paying in the long runwith poor fuel consumption.If you wait too long to have your

vehicle serviced your may end up havingto fork over thousands to your mecha-nic.) Plan your journey – A wrong turncould lead to extra kilometers added toyour journey resulting in burning morefuel.Rushing out to the shops three or four

times over a weekend also impacts yourpocket.Draw up a shopping list and ensure

you complete all your errands in onetrip. A carefully planned journey cansave you money.) Your car does not need to be boring –The new Ford Fiesta ST with EcoBoostis the automaker’s fastest productionFiesta ST yet.At the same time, it’s also the most

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ACCORDING to Rob Handfield-Jones of theAA, you should ensure you have thefollowing in your car at all times:

) A notepad and pen:If you are involved in an accident, you

will need to take down the other person’sdetails.Also, for insurance purposes, it is very

useful to take notes and make a sketch ofthe accident scene.) Tyre inflator can:This useful little gizmo is a short-term

solution if you get a puncture and you areunable to change the tire.) Functioning jack and wheel spanner:Check for this especially if you hire or

borrow a car.) Tow rope:You would be surprised how handy this

can be.) First-aid kit:Especially if you drive a family car.Make sure you have bandages, salves,

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PRETORIA. – MamelodiSundowns striker CuthbertMalajila says he will fight to theend of the season for the Pre-mier Soccer League top-scoreraward.The Zimbabwean marksman

currently has ten league goals tohis name, but Moeketsi Sekola ofFree State Stars and LeratoLamola of Bloemfontein Celticare both one goal ahead ofhim.The Brazilians have five

league games remaining andMalajila says that gives him anopportunity to add more goals

to his tally.“I have to believe as a player, and

everyone at Sundowns wants me towin the award,” says Malajila.“Everyone has been helping me

and everyone wants me to do well.“I still have a chance to score

more goals in the few games thatare coming and I have to keepbelieving.“I’m gonna keep on fighting for

the top-scorer award until the lastgame.”Meanwhile, Sundowns coach Pitso

Mosimane has hailed Malajila as ateam player and believes he couldhave scored more than ten league

goals this season.“The one thing you may not be

aware of is that Mala has (ten)assists. It is easy to score tengoals when you are waiting thereto be passed the ball to score,”says Mosimane.“Mala is not selfish and he

could have scored some of thegoals that he passed. He playsfor the team.“He also tracks back and

defends.“So he is not like other

strikers who just wait there tobe passed the ball and score.”– KickOff.com

Sundowns striker will ‘fight to end’

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PHUTHADITJHABA. – TheMaluti FET College FC has beenrelegated from the National FirstDivision (NFD) to the SouthAfrican Football Association’s(Safa) ABC Motsepe League.A 5-2 hammering by the NFD

log leaders Golden Arrows onSaturday (18/04) at the CharlesMopeli Stadium saw their dreamof surviving the chop turned intoa nightmare.Maluti, however, gave their

best against Arrows, but acomedy of errors cost them agame that they could have won.Arrows were forced to comefrom behind twice to win thegame. The Qwaqwa-based outfitended the game with TsoloTsumane’s strike between thepoles after Tshepo Ramaele wasred-carded in the second half.This was after he knocked theopponents’ striker with a karatekick just a few metres awayfrom the 18-yard box.The score was still 2-2 at that

time with the home teampressing for a winner. But thingsgot worse after the red card.They conceded three goals to end

the game by losing 2-5.Maluti are down and out at the

bottom of the league with 15points in 26 games. They havewon four games, drew three andlost 19. They are leading theNFD log with goals concededtotalling 60. That shows that theyhad the worst defence in theleague.They are left with four games,

which will not do anything fortheir log position. Should theywin all four, they will still finishwith only 27 points, 14 pointsaway from African Warriors whoare sitting in position 14.Warriors thus find themselvessafe from relegation.Maluti might be joined by

Garankuwa United who aresecond from the bottom. United’sdream of surviving is still alive,but they also have to win alltheir remaining games. A drawin the last remaining four gameswill see them going down. Unitedplayers and management are,however, confident that they canstill do it, after they had comehome with three points onSunday (19/04) from the PeterMokaba Stadium. They beatBaroka FC by 2-1.

Maluti FCchopped

IN TROUBLE: Jonny Mafereka, the Maluti FET College FC headcoach. Photo: Tladi Moloi

THE Free Statetrials meant toidentify players toform this year’s KeYona Team will beheld on 27 April atthe Free StateStadium in Bloem-fontein. The talentidentification trialsare conducted atselected venuescountrywide by ahighly experiencedquartet led byBafana Bafana’shead coach Ephraim “Shakes”Mashaba, Owen Da Gama,Khabo Zondo and Mike Mange-na.The initiative has been

running for the past two years.The players to be chosen at

the Free State trials will gointo a training camp that willculminate in the selection ofthe Nedbank Ke Yona Team toplay against the 2015 winner ofthe Nedbank Cup.The game will be televised

live to afford them an opportu-nity to showcase their talentand attract talent scouts.“It is always an exciting time

for us when we get the opportu-nity to reach out to the furthestparts of the country and findthose gems that have never hadthe chance of being scouted,”said Owen Da Gama, BafanaBafana’s assistant coach.“Through such initiatives, we

found players like MaphosaModiba, who we also took tothe CAF Youth Championshipswith the u.20 National team. We

therefore urgeplayers from acrossthe Mpumalangaprovince to comeand emulate theirown heroes such asMandla Masangoand Happy Jele whoalso come from thisprovince.”He is appealing to

aspiring futurefootballers to grabthe opportunity andattend these talentidentification trials

for which they were requestedto register.The Ke Yona Team Search

has seen a number of playersrealise the dream of playing inthe professional division and tomake a name for themselves intheir respective teams acrossthe Premier Soccer League andNational First Division.“Everyone has a dream that

they believe in. It seemsimpossible at times untilsomeone presents an opportuni-ty that will give life to thatdream. The Nedbank Ke YonaTeam Search is about turningdreams into a reality, produc-ing heroes within communities,but most importantly, makingthe things happen that matterthe most,” said Sydney Mbhele,the sponsor’s marketingexecutive.“We are making a plea to

South Africans to take up thisunique opportunity that couldprove to be the springboard tomaking their football dreamsa reality.”

Making dream a reality

OWEN DA GAMA,Bafana Bafana as-sistant coach.