DFA Newsの 2022-05-13 の目次

AS THE country battles with the reality of the fifth wave of Covid-19, with an increase in the number of cases, the youth from ASEZ WAO, World Mission Society Church of God Young Adult Worker Volunteer Group this week delivered cheer-up kits to the staff of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital (RMSH). Bearing postcards and some snacks for the staff, the youth encouraged and expressed gratitude towards the medical staff who have been at the front line in the fight against Covid-19. The initiative is part of the Heart-to-Heart relay that seeks to provide encouragement to medical workers and officials world wide who are battling the pandemic. ASEZ stands for 'Save the Earth from A to Z’, which means 'Save the world from the beginning to the end’. WAO stands for…

LOCAL boxing promoter Brad Delport is pulling out all stops to stage the second inter-provincial amateur boxing trials in Kimberley tomorrow under the auspices of the Northern Cape Open Boxing Organisation (NCOBO). Delport, who heads up his own stable, the Northern Cape Boxing Academy, said NCOBO has extended invitations to several boxing clubs in the province as well as perennial visitors from the Free State as well as the North West. The tournament will again be staged at the Mayibuye Cultural centre in Galeshewe. Rising stars Delport has over the past years, prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, featured many of his stable’s rising stars in the NCOBO organised events. He has collaborated extensively with other boxing clubs, trainers and managers such Raymond ‘Coach’ Mothobi who manages and…

Cape Town City Head Coach, Eric Tinkler is just two matches away from etching himself in the club’s history books by grabbing City’s best ever finish in the league and qualifying for the CAF Champions League. The Cityzens are the in-form team in the league and are currently on a remarkable 12 match unbeaten run and are the only team to not taste defeat in the year 2022. The 51 year-old mentor’s pedigree in cup competitions is undisputed after winning the Telkom Knockout in his first stint with City in 2017 before going on to lift the MTN8 the following year in the Supersport United dugout. However his ability to manage a team into the kind consistency required to contend in league competition has always been in question with his…

THE SOL Plaatje Municipality launched a Non-Revenue Water Reduction Pilot Project, funded and implemented by the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), in partnership with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The project is aimed at establishing the facts behind high water losses and related revenue loss, and formulating effective and cost-effective measures of addressing this. It will be based on lesson sharing from the Japanese, who have an average of 6% non-revenue water. JICA representative and water sector expert Sanobu Mayusumi has already arrived in Kimberley to start the process of data collection. Sol Plaatje Municipality was among a select few to qualify for the project due to having received ongoing support from the DBSA in the water sector. Municipal spokesperson Thoko Riet said the local authority qualified due to…

TECHNOLOGY is all around us. Who could dispute that? These days we have instant access to a surplus of information thanks to the world wide web. You can search for 'Kimberley' with a few mouse clicks or taps on your smart device and, yes, diamonds will most likely be the top result. We all know that diamonds are mined from deep underground and then cut and polished to become those gorgeous, gleaming 'girl’s best friends'. But there is more to Kimberley than just diamonds. You will, if you take the time, notice several jewels in the Diamond City if you just look around a little bit. And here’s the thing, these jewels are not even buried; they are there for everyone to see and appreciate. The Beaconsfield Library, located at…

THE BATTLE for the South African Football Association (Safa) has begun and it looks like mense are prepared to give it all they’ve got. Ai, another story about Safa’s shenanigans? Don’t worry it’ll be good and not that long. I promise. This week, Safa vice-president Ria Ledwaba was set to launch her run for presidency against incumbent Danny Jordaan. But come the owner of defunct club Ria Stars’s media briefing on Tuesday, she was already benched. Why? Dirty tactics. Jordaan threatened to disqualify her from the elections if she showed up. According to Safa rules for presidential candidates, “nominated persons cannot publicly present themselves before the final list of nominees has been approved by the governance committee”. While it may seem like a big mistake by Ledwaba’s team, you only…

CHELSEA are out for revenge when they meet Liverpool in tomorrow’s 5.45pm FA Cup final. The Wembley showdown is a repeat of February’s League Cup final, which the Reds won 11-10 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes of drama. And one man who is desperate for some “payback” is Blues midfielder Mason Mount. After bagging a goal in their 2-0 FA Cup semifinal win over Crystal Palace, he said: “It’s definitely time for us to win a final at Wembley. Now it’s time to get our payback.” Indeed, the Blues will be desperate not to miss out again after losing their last four visits to Wembley – including FA Cup finals to Leicester last year and Arsenal the year before. Of the big match, Blues coach Thomas Tuchel says:…

MUSIC period was my least favourite time at primary school. Put me in the handwork room and I would be perfectly fine doing bookbinding or technical drawings. But music … no thank you. No thank you very much indeed! And a few of my buddies felt the same. One day for our music period we were ushered to the staffroom, because that’s where the school’s piano was kept. It was going to be ‘music day with instruments’, but when I eventually got to the box the cool instruments had all been claimed and all that was left was a triangle. Look, I hated ‘music period’, but I hated the triangle more. There was no manly way to hold a triangle. You had to hold it on the stringy-thingy and dangle…

A DE AAR-based, youth-owned construction company, Nyeshe and Khanzi Construction, received a donation of a bakkie through De Aar Solar Power’s enterprise development programme. The vehicle will help increase the company’s turnover as they will no longer need to hire vehicles to transport their staff, tools, equipment and material. The enterprise development programme also offers training and support to create viable small businesses and assist budding entrepreneurs in the Pixley ka Seme District’s rural towns of Britstown, Hanover, Philipstown and De Aar, as financial support is often not enough alone without the necessary mentoring. Since 2019, a total of10 small enterprises have been supported as part of De Aar Solar Power’s enterprise development programme. Nyeshe and Khanzi Construction started their business back in 2016, doing maintenance work at local schools.…

MAMELODI Sundowns co-coach Rulani Mokwena (picture) says the team gave it their best this season, hence they are on course to win a domestic treble. After announcing their tenure by winning the league title – fourth in a row and 11th overall – coaching trio Mokwena, Manqoba Mngqithi and Steve Komphela are on course to make a clean sweep as far as the local trophies are concerned. Earlier this season, they bagged the elusive MTN8, while they wrapped the championship with four games to spare last month. The Brazilians are also in the Nedbank Cup final where they’ll face defending champions Marumo Gallants on May 28. Last month, Sundowns were nigh to winning an unprecedented quadruple but that didn’t come to fruition as they crashed out of the CAF Champions…

Soccer Sunday Glad Africa League Absa Tuks Stadium (3pm): Pretoria University vs Hungry Lions Today Hockey Cassandra Astro Turf 2:30pm – 3:40pm: Girls – Diamantveld 0/16A vs Noord-Kaap 0/16A 3:45pm – 4:40pm: Boys – Diamantveld 0/16A vs Noord-Kaap 0/16A 4:50pm – 6pm: Girls – Diamantveld 0/19A vs Noord-Kaap 0/19A 6pm – 7:10pm: Boys – Diamantveld 0/19A vs Noord-Kaap 0/19A Tomorrow Rugby Diamantveld High School A Field 8:45am – 25 min: Diamantveld 0/14A vs Noord-Kaap 0/14A 9:45am – 25 min: Diamantveld 0/15A vs Noord-Kaap 0/15A 10:45am – 30 min: Diamantveld 0/19B vs Noord-Kaap 0/19B 12:05pm – 30 min: Diamantveld 0/16A vs Noord-Kaap 0/16A 1:15pm – Introduction of First Teams (School Principals) 1:30pm – 35 min: Diamantveld 0/19A vs Noord-Kaap 0/19A Netball Diamantveld High School B field 8:30am – 9:10am: DHS…