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MEMBERS of the South African Munici-pal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) plan to goon a go-slow while they apply to go on alegal strike. That followed after GoolamAkharwaray, the Sol Plaatje municipalmanager, and the mayor, Agnes Ntlangula,failed to give them their response onMonday.Samwu demanded that all contract

workers be permanently employed and anexternal audit be done for the wageagreement.The union members ended up holding

Akharwaray and Ntlangula hostage for notpromising to hire contract workerspermanently during a planned meeting inthe city hall.They released Ntlangula after she had

pleaded with them quoting chronic illnessand the need to take medication.Prior to that, Ntlangula was forced to get

out of her car as it had been blockadedand covered with litter.Akharwaray, on the other hand, had to

be sneaked out of the hall as the membersstarted gunning for his blood. This led to acat-and-mouse chase by the members andthe police.According to Manne Moremi, the

chairperson of Samwu in Sol Plaatje, theunion members had planned to sleep in thehall and lock Akharwaray up until he hadgiven them a positive answer.To the surprise of Express Northern

Cape, Akharwaray was only sneaked out ofthe city hall a few minutes after themembers had been instructed by Moremito go and occupy the headquarters ofcorruption (meaning Sol Plaatje) and makeit inaccessible and ungovernable.“We believe that there was manipulation

in the process of the wage curve agreementas some undeserving people had beenhired without being evaluated and werebackdated. The other issue is for manage-ment to stop using disciplinary measuresto weaken us (Samwu),” said Moremi.“We don’t agree that the municipality

cannot afford us. Sol Plaatje is the biggestmunicipality in the province and mostexpensive in the world in terms of electric-ity. They generate revenue through rates,

rental stock and big businesses throughelectricity. Let them use those millionsthat they generate daily to employ theirworkers permanently instead of abusingthem,” he continued.The union might march to the provincial

ANC office and lobby other regions in

order to be taken seriously.“We always fight and march for job

security, but leadership does not come tothe party. We’ll soon be called a gumbootsunion because we keep on dancing, then gohome,” said one member.Another member suggested that they

should go and disconnect the water atAkharwaray’s house.Although there were no injuries reported,

confrontation broke out between the policeand the members.) See more photos at www.express-news.co.za.

SAMWU plans ‘go­slow’Members angry about not being taken seriously

THE members barricaded the road to stop the mayor from fleeing.Insert: The members burnt trash on the municipality’s doorstep.

Photos: Boipelo Mere

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THE American star Keri Hilson is expected togive an unforgettable performance during themuch loved Macufe in Bloemfontein.According to a festival organiser,Mahambeh-

lala Communications, the festival is expected tokick off on 4October and promises attractive of-ferings with impressive performances, artisticgrandeur and entertainment experiences.Part of the line-up are the American star An-

thony Hamilton, Hugh Masekela, Sipho “Hot-stix” Mabuse and Afro-pop giants Mafikizolo.Hilson’s debut performance will be at the Di-

vasConcert on11Octoberat theDome,OldGreySports Grounds, where she is expected to sharethe stage with Zonke, the versatile ThandiswaMazwai and Sama winning artist Maleh.Since embarking on a solo career, Hilson is

reported tohavebecomeaSoulTrain,MoboandBET award winner.Hilson has also featured on many singles, in-

cluding Timbaland’s songTheWay I Are and onChris Brown’s Superhuman. Her first studio al-bum, In aPerfectWorld, debuted at number fouron the Billboard 200 chart and number one onthe Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Some ofherpopular tracks includeTurninMeOn featur-ing LilWayne andKnock YouDownwith KanyeWest and Ne-Yo. Hilson’s second studio album,No Boys Allowed, featured another hit, PrettyGirl Rock.Masekela is one of the pristineMzansi artists

to have been nominated for a Grammy awardmore than once.With over 50 years in themusicbusiness, this artist’s lively performances con-tinue to enjoy great applause in many of theprestigious venues of Europe and Americawhere he tours regularly and performs to fullhouses.Throngs of cultural and entertainment tour-

ists are expected to flock to Mangaung to wit-ness the 16th editionof this festival.Macufe’s In-doorJazz on10October, also at theDome, boastsa tight line-up including Judith Sephuma, An-thonyHamilton,Masekela andVictorKgatlape.Macufe’s main festival is on 12 October at the

Rose Garden with artists like Jimmy Dludlu,Khaya, PeterNthwane, Thoko,Allayen, Lira, DjFinzo & DJ What What and the Amstel GoldenHour Artist.The Civic Theatre will be buzzing and alive

withoneof thebiggestproductions in thisyear’sMacufe. The internationally acclaimed andlong-running musical stage play Umoja – TheSpirit of Togethernesswill be staged from 7 to 11October at the Civic.Macufe will not be complete without its craft

market, held during the course of the festival at

the corner of Markgraaf and Elizabeth Street.Big stars can be seen at the development per-

formances including theatre, drama and poetry– all staged at the André Huguenet Theatre.The week-long Macufe kicks off with a gala

dinner on 4 October followed by a Macufe box-ingmatch at theBloemfonteinCityHall on 5Oc-tober and a gospel concert on 6 October. Ma-cufe’s Comedy is on 9 October and closing theeventwill be a gameof football between twoPSLteams in the Macufe Cup Series.

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MARK CUTIFANI, Anglo American’snewly appointed chief executive officer,visited the Sishen Mine for the first timesince he started his new role in April 2013replacing Cynthia Carroll. He has sinceembarked on a series of visits to all busi-ness operations globallywithin theAngloAmerican Group.Cutifani was accompanied by Norman

Mbazima (Kumba Iron Ore CEO), An-drew Loots (executive head: operations),Frikkie Kotzee (chief financial officer),Yvonne Mfolo (executive head: public af-fairs) and AlexMgadzah (executive head:safety and sustainable development).Thedelegationwaswelcomedat theKa-

lahari CountryClubwhereAndrewLootspresented a Kumba operation overviewcovering the growth strategy and the do-mestic growth plan and community en-gagement and development across theSishen, Kolomela and Thabazimbi Mine.

Johan van Schalkwyk, newly appoint-ed general manager, gave a brief intro-duction of the Sishen Mine. He coveredthe history of the Sishen Mine, safetyoverview and their continuous improve-ment plan towards zero harm, occupa-tional health andhygiene, environmentalmanagement, Sishen’s people, human re-sources development, employee relationslandscape, production, financial perform-ance, stay in business capital andprojects, sustainable community devel-opment and Sishen’s key issues, as wellas the way forward.Cutifani was introduced to the Asset

Optimisation Programme at Sishen. Hevisited the two viewpoints and also hadtheopportunity to sit in themine’s largestshovel, the XPC4100, whilst loading someore. This was followed by a visit to thenew Life of Mine workshop.The delegation also had the opportuni-

ty to visit the housing projects in Se-sheng and the Tshipi Training Centre, as

well as the new Dingleton show houses.The highlight of the visit was interact-

ing with the various enterprises at theSustainable Development Hub where Cu-tifani was welcomed by the different “Si-shen sounds” from theSishengTradition-al DanceGroup, theKurumanField Bandand Blue Chilli.“It was a great opportunity to display

our success and reinforce that the mineplays an important role, not only withinKumba Iron Ore, but also within themin-ing giant of Anglo American’s businessoperations,” Van Schalkwyk said.Cutifani in his closing remarks said he

was impressed with what he had seen atSishen: “It is good to see that we are mak-ing sure that we’re safe, that we’re look-ing after the business, production, costsand all the things we need to do to makesure that we deliver on our commitmentsto each other, our shareholders, and allof the great stakeholders that support An-glo American.”

Get ready for Macufe

KERI HILSON Photo: Supplied

MAFIKIZOLO during a performance in Kim-berley. Photo: Boipelo Mere

Anglo American CEO visits SishenFROM the left are Hannes Cronjé, Mark Cutifani, Norman Mbazima, Frikkie Kotzee, Alex Mgadzah, Johan van Schalkwyk, Andrew Loots, Pretorius Bezuidenhout, Jan Gerber andHugo Schreuder during the visit to the pit. Photos: Supplied

MARK CUTIFANI and NormanMbazima in one of the train-ing simulators at the Sishen Mine.

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MMAIKANENG NDOBOLA of the ThusongService Centre at the Tlhokomelo Multi-pur-pose Centre applauded women for making useof services without fear.

She said that at WEMI’s third national semi-nar at the recreational hall over the weekendand that the services they rendered rangingfrom counselling, Famsa and Batho Pele, hadbeen brought to Tlhokomelo to be closer to thepeople.

During the event the women, in the presenceof five men, worshipped and praised the Chris-tianYouthEmpowermentChoirwhichalso fallsunder WEMI.

Past. Lilly Fritz, the founder of WEMI, gavethe keynote address and a presentation of the

movement. She elaborated onhowshehadman-aged to keep the movement alive through thesupport of a few individuals whom she men-tioned.

It is a calling for her to uplift women withinher society, something she has been doing since2007 despite facing challenges.

“I dedicatemost ofmy success tomy husbandwho keeps on encouraging me to read in orderto build myself into becoming a better council-lor and motivational speaker.

“ ‘Vroutjie, lees, jy het dit in jou. Ons sal maarweer brood en jam eet vandag’, my husbandkeeps on telling me when I prepare to cook athome,” said Fritz.

Whilst encouraging thewomento stoppullingeach other down, Fritz also told them to shyaway from pretending to know and have every-

thing.“Also, do not underestimate yourselves as

everybody starts small. Even though peoplemight say that I have money, it still confusesthem that I still live in an RDP houseamid their claims. I’ve learnt to listento other people and to take advice,”revealed the pastor.

“Our movement is growing fromstrength to strength because weare all hard workers. Eventhose that I work with knowthat I still eat the local three-piece (bread, butter andpaste), or bread withsnoek,” she added be-fore showing theguests a Power-point presenta-tion of the workthey did.

Anotherspeaker, WinnieMosikare, referred to thewomen as tea bags be-cause they were strong.

“One thing I learnt inlife is that it is difficult todo things alone, you tend toget tired along theway.Butif you get support, you willget strength and continuethe journey.

“Jullemoet leer onvrae tevrae sodat julle meer tewete kan kom,” concludedMosikare.

Judy Moalekwa of theDepartment of EconomicDevelopment urged wom-en to get rid of individual-ismand formco-operativesin order to get funding.

Orapeleng Diamond, the

programme director, said: “Women alwayshave something extra, no matter what.

“Unlike us men who need to have a gentletouch to be referred to as gentlemen.”

amid their claims. I’ve learnt to listento other people and to take advice,”revealed the pastor.

“Our movement is growing fromstrength to strength because weare all hard workers. Eventhose that I work with knowthat I still eat the local three-piece (bread, butter andpaste), or bread withsnoek,” she added be-fore showing the

speaker, WinnieMosikare, referred to thewomen as tea bags be-cause they were strong.

“One thing I learnt inlife is that it is difficult todo things alone, you tend toget tired along theway.Butif you get support, you willget strength and continue

Jullemoet leer onvrae tevrae sodat julle meer te

,” concluded

Judy Moalekwa of theDepartment of EconomicDevelopment urged wom-en to get rid of individual-ismand formco-operativesin order to get funding.

Orapeleng Diamond, the

Women have that something extra

MEMBERS of WEMI are, front: Lilly Fritz; from the left, back: Violet Siwisa, KelebogileSaba, Pinkie Mokolare, Rose Gaoagwe, Winnie Mosikare, Jeanette Mkhatshane andMmanare Diamond.

THE Christian Youth Empowerment Choir entertaining the guests.

MMAIKANENG NDOBOLA (left) of the Thusong Service Centre at Tlhokomelo is beingled to the podium by Past. Lilly Fritz. Photos: Boipelo Mere

OOPS, we erred.In the last week’s

issue of ExpressNorthern Cape wewrongly publishedthe byline of BoipeloMere instead of thatof Lerato Sebe withthe article titled“Women’s Day eventan eye-opener aboutmen and life” onp. 4.

Lerato will work asan intern for ExpressNorthern Cape forthe next fourmonths.

Community mem-bers can feel free tocall her for the pub-lishing of stories andpictures during theweek.

Lerato can be con-tacted by calling 053-831-2331, only duringoffice hours.

Wrongbylineusedin ENC

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South Africa’s homes – from flats and clusters to stand-alone houses and residential estates – demand 17% of the

electricity used in our country. But on weekdays, between 5pm and 9pm, this demand increases and peaks at 35%,

a huge jump that puts severe strain on the power supply.

Why does this happen?

We arrive home from work around 5pm,Monday to Friday.

The first thing we do is switch on the lights, television, our electrical space heaters, followed by the oven, the

microwave and the washing machine or dishwasher. We also run hot water in the kitchen and take a bath or

shower – with the geyser tucked away in the ceiling working hard to heat the water.

Millions of us follow this evening routine at the same time, which means South Africa’s households use more than

one third of the electricity consumed in the country between 5pm and 9pm, on weekdays.

As the demand increases, Eskom does all it can including running some emergency power stations during the day,

to balance supply and demand. This winter we need to continue with power station maintenance and the system

will be tighter during the peak period from 5pm to 9pm.

What can you do to help keep the lights on this winter?

Three simple things:

1. Switch off your electrical element geyser between 5pm and 9pm; this appliance uses the most electricity of all

in the home, and can account for up to 50% on your electricity bill

2. Don’t switch on your space heater between 5pm and 9pm. This appliance is energy-intensive and can account

for up to 16% on your monthly electricity bill, instead, dress warmly, switch on a gas heater, and use a hot water

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Donate ablanket} Boipelo Mere

THEDiamondPavilion ShoppingMall, togeth-er with the South African Police Service(SAPS) and PEP, envisage to raise over 32 000blankets, which, if converted into square me-tres, is the approximate size of themall, duringthe Keep Me Warm Keep Me Safe BlanketDrive.The community-driven project, which

kicked off in 2011, with the help of severalNGO’s, schools, government organisationsand the community, has to date raised 18 236blankets.PEP in the Diamond Pavilion ShoppingMall

avails the blankets for a low R39,95, whichbrings the campaign to just over R600 000worth of blankets collected.The blankets are distributed to the under-

privileged, faith-based organisations, orphan-ages, the SPCA, homeless persons and hospi-tals.Further distributions are made in disaster

situations such as in the recent flood-strickenareas in Modderrivier, throughout the North-ern Cape, Free State and also in the Lesothoarea.The distributions run concurrent with safe-

ty campaigns where the blanket recipients areinformed on how to keep them and their lovedones safe.The blanket drive teamwill be seen utilising

entrance points at national and provincialcricket and soccer matches for blanket collec-tions.They also hold weekly blanket drives at the

mall with the assistance of the SAPS Men forChange and Women’s Network.The Staats Primary School in Kimberley re-

cently donated blankets to the value of R3 000thatwas collectedduringa coin-laying ceremo-ny on Madiba Day. The school challenges allother schools to beat their contribution.The Diamond Pavilion Shopping Mall

availed a store for all collected blankets, add-ing that community members are welcome todonate surplus blankets they have at home.Anyone interested in donating a blanket can

contact Amanda Barra, Diamond PavilionMall marketing manager, on 053-832-9200.

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tions received for that month. The monthlywinner will receive a Let’s Play hamper.Fromall the entries received eachmonth one

player will be chosen as the SuperSport Let’sPlay Star of the Month.At the end of the year one player from all the

Star of theMonthwinnerswill be chosen as theSuperSport Let’s Play Star of the Year.Sendusyournomination today (nominations

received before the 20th of every month will beincluded in that month’s selection. Nomina-tions received after the 20th of everymonthwillbe carried over to the next month’s selection).Your nomination must include your name,

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THE Staats PrimarySchool donatedblankets to the val-ue of R3 000 duringa coin-laying cere-mony on MadibaDay. From left are Al-exa Beukes (deputyhead girl) and AnneDiedericks (headgirl); middle: BenitaValkenburgh (gen-eral manager: Dia-mond PavilionMall), Nico du Plooy(deputy head boy)and Col Alexia Rob-ertson of the Kim-berley Cluster; back:Mariska Brand(Staats primaryteacher), Mercia vanNiekerk (PEP man-ager) and Jan Hen-drick Louw (headboy). Photo:Supplied

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THE four-lane Barkly Road was closed forclose to two hours while the police clearedthe accident scene on Friday morning.

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Four injured in accident} Boipelo Mere

THREE people were seriously injured inan accident that happened in Pniel Road,Kimberley.

The accident involved four vehicles thatcollided: a white Toyota Tazz, a black OpelVivaro, a red Isuzu bakkie and a greyChevrolet Captiva.

According to Lt Donald Mdhluli of theSouth African Police Service (SAPS), thethree seriously injured people from theOpel Vivaro, as well as one from the Isuzubakkie, were taken to hospital whilst twoother passengers were treated for shock.

The police allege that the white ToyotaTazz was travelling from a northerndirection into the southern part of townwhilst the other three vehicles weretravelling in the opposite direction.

At this stage the cause of the accident isyet to be determined and police haveopened a case of reckless and negligentdriving while the investigation continues.

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LESEGO RAMOTHOLA (15) intends to makethe Northern Cape proud one more time dur-ing the upcoming South Africa Games.

He will again represent his gymnastics cluband the province next year in July where hewill perform in level 7. The venue and date stillhave to be confirmed.

The 15-year-old gymnast just returned in Ju-ly from the national competition in Britswhere he beat his peers (15-year-olds) in aero-bic gymnastics and came first with a goldmed-al.

Ramothola said that he had already startedhis own routine for the upcoming competitionas expected of him.

“I am excited, but scared at the same time.This is quite challenging, because at this stage(level 7) one has to create your own routine.You tend to get surprised when you get there,because you do not knowwhat to expect of oth-er gymnasts,” he said shyly.

The confident gymnast’s biggest dream wasto make it to the nationals, then the interna-tional aerobics team.

But he is concerned about the available facil-ities to keep him fit and strengthen his mus-

cles.“You see, flexibility and strength are needed

in aerobics. And I currently still lack that forthe level that I was selected for (level 7). If Isucceed in level 7, then I will qualify for theOlympic Development Plan (ODP) which islevel 8, 9 and 10,” he explained to ExpressNorthern Cape.

According to the young gymnast, he was do-ing level 4 moves when he went to the competi-tions and had to skip level 5 and 6 when he ar-rived at the competitions.

“Due to his capabilities and his commitmentthe judges, who were both from national andinternational levels, recommended him to dolevel 7 on his arrival in Brits. That, they said,was because he also had the strength for thelevel,” said Ramothola’s coach, DaphneMoitse.

Ramothola might have to practice with an-other club or team as he is in need of special-ised equipment to build up his strength. Buthis trainer does not mind.

“I really do not mind, I build them up asmuch as I can. As long as he goes further up,I amhappy forhimand Iwill keeponencourag-ing him to work hard and reach his dreams,”said the proud trainer.

Lesego is reaching for the topLesego is reaching for the top

LESEGO RAMOTHOLA (15) intends to make the Northern Cape proud one more time.Photos: Boipelo Mere

LESEGO RAMOTHOLA

You tendto be surprised

when you get there,because you do not

know what to expect ofother gymnasts. –Lesego Ramothola