Sunday, April 28, 2013

FREE STATE NEWS APRIL 26 2013 SAMPLE STORIES


Free State News April 26 2013 sample stories
This web page(s) regularly focuses on the leading Free State (South Africa) newspaper – Free State News – the first regular newspaper to be orchestrated fully by black people in the Free State province. The paper has been published on a weekly basis since 1999. Regular items like “Feature of the week” have appeared here over the years. 


Free State News crew

Publisher

Moses Vinger

Confidential Secretary/Manager

Maki Mohapi aka “Madam Maki” “H.C”

Editor

Kaya M

News Editor

Omoseye Bolaji
Contributors

Letshego Moeng
Sebedi Seroalo
Raselebeli Khotseng

Lay-out artist

Tumisang Takang

Contact number:

051 447 1655 051 447 1655 


Oguchi at 50!

By O Bolaji

Sundry friends, acquaintances, associates, and well wishers will this weekend converge to salute and felicitate with Oguchi Manume as he celebrates his 50th birthday with elan in Bloemfontein city.

As if this was not enough, to boot Oguchi will also be launching his debut book – laced with spiritual and motivational exhortations – titled THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER – A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR. The venue for this twain, combined events is the Bloemfontein Baptist Church Hall at Fairview Street (Bloemfontein)

Oguchi is understandably well chuffed to be notching the impressive age of fifty. Brimming and bristling with pride and savoire faire, he told Free State News: “Of course I am delighted to be marking such a milestone. I give all the glory to the Almighty. The icing on the cake would be my new book which helps us to cast aside the shackles of the devil,”

He waxes lyrical on the inspiration behind his book. “Alas, I found myself spending some days in jail about a year ago. It was not the best of experiences but at least I was able to change the lives of some inmates for the better. I discovered that some of them were using pocket bibles to smoke dagga! This unnerved me.

“I began to minister to these miscreants and organized brief church sessions for them. I taught the inmates about miraculous episodes in the Bible and they began to respond positively to the word of God. In general, I had also been wondering about many things: for example why is it that so many lovely women can not get adequate partners or why is it that divorce is so rampant these days? Why is it that so many people have poor health with blood problems, and the like?

“I have no doubt that it is all about spiritual bondage which conventional Doctors etc can do nothing about. Spiritual therapy is what is needed in so many cases and this is what I focus on in the book. We must be vigilant as the devil comes to steal, destroy and kill. I wrote my book so that people can be aware of the tricks of the devil,”

Oguchi adds that there are indeed things like “ancestral curses” in African parlance. “The evil chain must be broken. I wrote my book to inform people as to how to break the chains and the shackles of the devil. The world is in a way a battle field and we must be vigilant!”

The book, titled THE CHRISTIAN SOLDIER has a number of thought-provoking chapters. They include The Christian Soldier, The Spiritual Warrior,  Prayers and Types of Prayers, Strategies of the Enemy, and How to Dislodge Strategies of the Enemy


“He forced me to perform oral sex on him” – female teacher

By: Sebedi Seroalo

Northern Cape: A senior staff member at the Noupoort Combined School, who was charged for coercing a young teacher into perform oral sex on him in the computer room, has since tendered his resignation on two occasions.

 The accused, Rudy Reed, was granted R1 000 bail in the Noupoort Magistrate’s Court late on Thursday afternoon.  Police spokesman, Lieutenant Sergio Kock, said the 38-year-old man was arrested by the police at his home in Noupoort evening on charges of sexual assault. Educators at the school had requested that the school be closed until further notice, although lessons continued as normal on Thursday, according to the Department of Education.

The complainant on Thursday gave details to the department on how she was allegedly taken by force by the staff member after she was summoned to bring him the class list.  “When I entered the computer room he was already inside waiting behind the door. He locked the door but I was not aware of what was happening. He then hugged and kissed me by force. I refused and wished to know what was happening because I don’t have any relationship with him. “I screamed, but he told me that it was no use because nobody could hear me.

“He touched my breasts, rubbed my body and told me that I was cute and that he wanted to have sex with me for a long time. He loosened his belt and forced me to perform oral sex on him.

“I cannot cope with anything my life is a mess.”  She also related how she was sexually abused by her uncle and was threatened with a pistol when she was very young.

“I don’t know where to go. I request your immediate intervention in this regard,” she told the Department of Education. Spokesman for the department, Sydney Stander, said that Reed was suspended with immediate effect.

“In this case, because we deem his action of resigning after being suspended as a way of avoiding due process, the Employment of Educators Act empowers the employer to block such an employee on the Persal system.”  He indicated that the necessary steps were taken to protect the victim and safeguard the interests of women and children.

“The department is continuing with internal investigations. The district has sent a multi-disciplinary team that will provide support to affected learners and female educators. There is no crisis in terms of attendance and there no truth in suggestions that the school will be closed indefinitely.”

He added that, according to their records, the staff member resigned on Wednesday, withdrew his resignation almost immediately, and then tendered his resignation again on Thursday morning.  Stander explained that a staff member is granted 30 days in which to retract a resignation.

“Once a resignation is submitted to the district director, it is forwarded with recommendations to the head office of the Human Resources Unit for a final decision.”

The police have requested that any information regarding the case be forwarded to Detective Sergeant Melany Oliphant on 053 632 9627

Friday, April 12, 2013

FREE STATE NEWS APRIL 12 2013 SAMPLE STORIES




This web page(s) regularly focuses on the leading Free State (South Africa) newspaper – Free State News – the first regular newspaper to be orchestrated fully by black people in the Free State province. The paper has been published on a weekly basis since 1999. Regular items like “Feature of the week” have appeared here over the years. 


Free State News crew

Publisher

Moses Vinger

Confidential Secretary/Manager

Maki Mohapi aka “Madam Maki” “H.C”

Editor

Kaya M

News Editor

Omoseye Bolaji

Contributors

Nthabiseng Lisele
Dineo Mokgosi
Sebedi Seroalo
Raselebeli Khotseng

Lay-out artist

Tumisang Takang

Contact number:

051 447 1655 051 447 1655 


ANIMALS TO BE AUCTIONED

By Nthabiseng Lisele

The annual event of the game auctioning is ready to roll again this year and the department tends to improve more this year.

 

The Free State department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs will host the 28th Annual Game Auction from the 12th till 13th April this year at the Willem Pretorius Nature Reserve.


The Game Auction is a part of the game management plan which manages game population. Currently the department has livestock of 24 348 animals in the reserves.

And with the absence of predators in the reserves, game auction remains the most viable method of controlling game population.

During this two-day event, a total of 865 animals will be sold to the highest bidder. On the first day, 80 hunting packages will be auctioned off at 14:00. The packages consist of 46 trophy hunts, 34 biltong hunts and 9 buffalo bulls.

The hunt will take place on 9 of the 14 different Nature Reserves. On the second day from 11:00 485, live games of 106 different species including 42 diseases free buffalo and 1 white rhino will be sold. All sales will be per catalogue.

The department said: “we are working tirelessly to transform the game industry. Four black game farmers around the Free State Province have been loaned game to make sure that the previously disadvantage communities are involved in this industry.”

In his 2013/14 budget vote speech the new Mec for Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs Mosebenzi Zwani pleaded with the farm owners to comply with norms and standards for large predators.

According to Zwane, the challenge is game farmers who keep more that specified number of lions on their farms resulting in escapes. Subsequently, numerous incidents were lion have escaped and threatened the lives of our people have necessitated that permit conditions for keeping large predators be reviewed.

“Our enforcement unit is working around the clock with the SAPS to identify any illegal activities in this regard and other environmental crimes,” said Zwane.      

The game auction is set to be a family affair as there will be a marathon and bicycle race on Saturday 08:00 as well as numerous vendor stalls, beer garden and different food outlets.

Matshidiso’s literary debut



The frisson of excitement is gathering pace as female poet, Matshidiso P. Taleng launches her maiden book, titled “Secrets” next week

She vouchsafes: “I was born here in the Free State Bloemfontein in 1988. I live with my mother and twin brother, my father passed away when I was very young. I'm a student at Motheo FET college and I'm also working at National hospital as an HCT.

She goes down memory lane to latch on to how the ‘poetry bug’ bit her with elan! “My love for poetry began while I was in high school, then I started joining a poetry club that was called "Beyond Mind Control" where we would meet with other poets and recite poems.”

She is already spreading her metaphorical wings with gusto. “I've also performed at the Vuka poetry festival that was held at Pacofs in the year 2008, and shared stage with the likes of, Napo Masheane, Lebo Mashile, Kgafela, Jah Rose and other poets.”

She adds: “In the year 2009 I was awarded a certificate of appreciation in recognition of valuable contribution to literature in the Free State by the Bloemfontein public library. It was tentative but satisfactory – a great initiative by the dynamic Charmaine Kolwane,”

Her new book, “Secrets” is an anthology of poems based in English. “It is titled after one of my poems "Secrets" because I believe one shouldn't be having secrets because sometimes secrets are holding us back from enjoying our lives and nothing good comes from hiding things!”

She adds: “And if you read the poem "Secrets" you'll see it’s a very deep poem that talks about what most people don't like talking about, so since it’s what I experienced as a child I can say I'm giving voice to the voiceless,”

Illuminating Career Day!

By LETSHEGO MOENG

The Faculty of Economic Management and Science at the University of the Free State, in partnership with Centre for Accounting will be hosting a Career day on the 30 of April 2013.

Some fizz is already being generated over this.  “A total of 38 Top companies will be there such as Banks, marketing firms and Chattered accounting companies will be there among others” Ms Marnie Venter pointed out.

Free State News further learnt that all students in the University are invited for the morning session at 10:30 - 12:00; 12:00 till 13:00 will be catering for honours and third year students and scholars around the Free State at 13:00 till 16:00.

It has been vouchsafed that this will be a great opportunity to network with people in the company in which they aspire to be employed in once they have completed their degrees.

For more information contact Marnie on 051 401 3819 or venterms@ufs.ac.za.