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Nyaope addicts smoke the dead
Doreen Mokgolo

The dead at the Geduld cemetery are not at peace.

Nyaope addicts have been smoking their ashes and selling their
urns for scrap.

The addicts, who have been breaking into the compartments
where the urns are stored, have been sleeping in the deserted
office buildings of the site in Geduld near Springs, Gauteng.

They have also stolen anything else of value, especially metal.

Resident Tammy Ngubeni said they have heard the addicts add
the ashes to the nyaope powder to increase the quantity and to
get them higher.

“They also sell it to traditional healers,” she said.

“It is devastating to see how people no longer have regard for
the dead. The drugs are not only destroying the addicts but the
families of the deceased as well.”

One nyaope addict, Sam (not his real name), who lives in one of
the offices near the gravesite, confirmed that they sell the
ashes to the traditional healers for R500.

He said the healers place orders for the ashes and they go to
the gravesites searching for what is left.

“This is easy money for us but it is difficult for us to find the
ashes now that so many sites have been vandalised,” he said.

Traditional healer Mzala Mabuza confirmed that the human
ashes are used for healing when a patient has been cursed,
can’t walk, or to help them sleep.

Community Policing Forum member Raymond Tayob says the
cemetery has been identified as a crime hotspot.

People who want to perform rituals or visit their deceased
families get mugged and hijacked.

The CPF is now patrolling the site 24/7.

Lawyer in the dock for using "K" word
Doreen Mokgolo

              A court orderly at the Nigel Magistrate’s Court
              has been at the receiving end of being called the
              “K” word by a top attorney at the Nigel
Magistrate’s Court.

It is alleged the exchange started when the court orderly,
Warrant Officer Johannes Monyakeni, was recently escorting
the attorney’s client to the holding cells.

While he was in conversation with the client who wanted him
to call his family, the attorney - who was chatting to the
magistrate - allegedly started insulting Monyakeni.

According to Monyakeni, it appeared the attorney thought he
was laughing at something that the attorney had said when
talking to the magistrate.

The attorney allegedly asked him if what he was discussing with
the magistrate was a joke and before he knew it he directed

him to keep a distance while referring to him using the "K"
word.

“I was stunned by his behaviour because whatever he was
discussing with the magistrate had nothing to do with me. I
then went to report the matter to the captain who also tried to
establish what the matter was but the angry attorney didn’t
want to hear the reason,” he said.

Monyakeni said he felt like he was still working under the
apartheid system where white people freely called black people
the “K” word with a straight face.

He could not let this matter slide so he decided to open a case
against the said senior attorney.

“If we want to fight racism we need to hold those responsible
accountable,” he said.

The matter is currently heard at the Equality Court and the trial
is set to start on 14 April.

The legacy of the surfing goat lives on!
Arthur Greene

In November, Scrolla.Africa showed you a goat
that wanders around on his hindlegs. Now, allow
us to present to you: the surfing goat.

California surfer Dana McGregor brought in an old nanny goat
to take care of the poison ivy in his back garden.

But little did he know that Goatee would one day lead a
dynasty of surfing goats.

Goatee became McGregor’s beloved pet and often went with
him to the beach when he went surfing.

One day, MGregor and fellow surfer Ryan Valliere decided to
put Goatee on a surfboard.

“She had really good balance,” Valliere recalled to the Los
Angeles Daily News.

“We were like, let’s push her into the waves.”

Ten years later and Goatee’s son Pismo, 7, spends his days
teaching children how to surf on Pismo Beach.

Goatee has since passed away but she has left a truly unique
legacy. McGregor now runs Surfing Goats, which offers surfing
lessons with Pismo and his younger sister, Grover.

The duo offers the Surfing Goat surf lesson or hiking packages
that comes with a freshly squeezed shot of goat’s milk.

And Surfing Goats don’t discriminate against other species.
Punters are encouraged to bring their pets for a lesson. Dogs,
donkeys and pigs have been taken out on the waves with
Pismo.

When Pismo isn’t teaching, he can still be spotted catching
Pismo beach’s gnarliest waves.

“He’s taken some big waves. He got a huge wave, Dana fell off
the wave and Pismo stayed on it,” Valliere said. “We only surf
Pismo when it’s big. He only likes big waves.”

Picture source: @MissedTheArk

Neighbour cuts off dog’s ears for
trespassing
Kabelo Tlhabanelo

At first Mohau Mlongeni thought his dog, Fly, had been in a
fight because its ears were gone.

But when he looked closely he saw that both the ears had been
cut off with a sharp object.

Mohau, from Hobhouse in the Free State, told Scrolla.Africa:
“When I got home on Friday I saw my dog without ears. It was
sitting near the gate and was in serious pain. I asked around
what had happened and the people showed me the house
where I could get answers.”

His investigation led Mohau to one of the neighbours whose
wife confessed that her husband had committed the terrible
act.

Now the man will face criminal charges after the SPCA opened
a case against him.

Mohau said the woman was very cooperative.

“She told me her husband had set a trap to catch the dog. She
said she tried to stop him from hurting the dog but he refused.
She told me to confront her husband for further explanations.”

But when the man became violent and started swearing at him,
Mohau went to the police who called the SPCA.

“I want justice for Fly. That man should feel the pain that I have
felt. My dog protected my yard,” said Mohau.

Reinet Meyer of the Bloemfontein SPCA told Scrolla.Africa this
was one of the worst cases of animal cruelty she had ever seen.

“Our inspectors immediately went to investigate. It was
reported that a man caught a dog and removed both the dogs
ears with a knife.”

She said the suspect also admitted to the inspectors that he cut
off the dog’s ears, saying he did not know who the dog
belonged to.

The SPCA took the dog to the veterinarian for medical attention
but the injuries were very severe and the dog did not survive.

SPCA Inspector Tebogo Maswanganye said: “It seems we still
have a long way to go in ending cruelty to animals. But we will
never give up until justice is served for this dog.”

A case of animal cruelty has been opened against the suspect
and he will appear in Hobhouse Magistrate’s Court.

Pondoland honours Winnie
Zukile Majova

              There was ululation, song and dance in
              Pondoland as Mbizana Local Municipality became
              Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Local Municipality in
yet another name change by the government.

Unlike many instances in the country where name changes
enforced by the national government create political, racial and
ethnic rifts in local communities, the people of Mbizana
welcomed the renaming of their municipality.

How could they not as the struggle icon was born in one of the
local villages, eMbhongweni, where she grew up in the
Madikizela traditional Royal House before getting married to
Nelson Mandela of the Thembu Royal family in Umtata.

It was the people of Mbizana themselves that chose the new
name of their municipality from a selection of names including
names of popular local rivers and mountains.

The community also agreed to honour the former president of
the ANC Women’s League, although struggle icon Oliver
Reginald Tambo was also born and bred in Mbizana.

Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma thanked the various communities for
the peaceful transition and urged councillors to strive for good
governance of public funds.

“Mama Winnie was beautiful and kind. And we want this
municipality to emulate these qualities by not being embroiled
in fraud and corruption.

“And she has always been afraid of failing our people. So
everyday we hope you will seek to do your very best to serve
these communities.

“Strive to create jobs here so that people do not have to travel
to Johannesburg to seek employment.”

Sixolile Mehlomakhulu, the mayor of Alfred Nzo District
Municipality which is tasked with providing water and other
services to communities in Mbizana, praised the communities
for fighting against an ancient tradition of marrying young girls
to old men in the district.

“There have been sporadic incidents of families forcing children
to marry old men.

“We are glad this is no longer happening as children have a
right to get an education.

“Older people are also not forgotten as we have brought more
sewing machines and they are going to be refilled so they can
be able to make a living.”

Forcing name changes on communities has created a new
conflict between residents of Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage
after their towns were renamed Gqeberha and Kariega.

A mighty wind
Arthur Greene

A Limpopo pastor has whipped up a windy storm
online after it emerged that he performs miracle
heals on his congregation by farting in their
faces.

The pastor from Giyani, Limpopo, founded the Seven Fold Holy
Spirit Ministries, and goes by the name of Christ Penelope -
which is probably what his congregation exclaim when he
releases one of his gassy miracle cures.

A picture has circulated on social media of the pastor squatting
over the face of a congregant, who’s lying on the ground below
him.

The congregant’s face is hidden by the pastor’s chatty rear-end,
but Penelope’s looking directly into the camera, with the
undeniable expression of a man who’s just relieved himself of a
great burden.

After the picture went viral, Penelope justified his smelly act to
Drum, declaring his farts to be a demonstration of God’s power.

He explained that the ritual begins by putting his unwell
congregant into a deep sleep.

He then farts in their face, which he claims has the power to
heal any ailment that they are suffering from.

"It started with Master Jesus when he stepped on Peter. It is
the demonstration of God's power. Just like God made Adam
go into a deep sleep, it is a similar thing. God did anything with
the body of Adam while he was on the ground in deep sleep.
He was not feeling anything," Penelope told Drum.

We can’t recall the passage in which God farts in Adam’s face,
but that’s Penelope’s interpretation.

According to the pastor, it is vital that the fart is delivered in
close proximity to the congregant’s nostrils.

This apparently allows his “healing power” to enter the body
and do its divine work.

Picture source: @DianoPeters

Gearing up for the Olympics
Timmy T Maranda

South African Under-23 coach David Notoane believes the
squad is 80% ready for the Tokyo Olympics.

Speaking after a successful training camp that ended on
Monday in Durban, Notoane said the team will be ready when
the Olympics start and they will have another training camp in
June, leaving 6-8 weeks before the tournament starts.

"This camp allowed us to test players like Ashley du Preez from
Stellenbosch and Luke Fleurs from Supersport who are here for
the first time," he said.

"We are 80% where we want to be but the remaining 20% lies
in the integration of foreign based players.”

The coach selected 24 locally-based players for the training
camp from 21-29 March to expand the pool of players and also
to assess the strength and weakness of the team.

The team played Golden Arrows and Maritzburg United in
competitive friendlies.

According to coach Notoane the current generation of players
like Mbule, Mokoena, Ngcobo, Mashiane, Singh and Foster
forms part of the super golden generation.

He said that he would have loved to test the players’ maturity
with an international opposition.

“At this level, maturity counts,” he said.

The delayed Tokyo Olympics is now scheduled to take place in
Tokyo, Japan from 23 July - 8 August.

Picture source : @safa.net

Sandile Zungu eyes top four finish for
Amazulu
Timmy T Maranda

              In the last ten matches Amazulu recorded seven
              wins and three draws. The last time Usuthu
              tasted defeat was against Kaizer Chiefs in
January.

This is enough reason for Amazulu President Sandile Zungu to
express his desire for Amazulu Football Club to finish in the top
four in the DStv Premiership this season.

The positive brand of football played under coach Benni
McCarthy has seen Amazulu score the most goals in the league.

Zungu told The Touchline with Romy Titus on Radio 2000 they
made it clear that they wanted a top four finish when they took
over the club.

“People laughed at us because Amazulu hasn’t been in the top
four for the longest time," said Zungu.

"But McCarthy is an ambitious guy and so am I. We’re an
ambitious team. When Benni came on board he said I’m not
ambitious enough for the top four. He said he wanted to win
the league."

Zungu said McCarthy was committed to the Amazulu
supporters and also committed to bringing happiness to the
province.

The president admitted that it might be impossible to win the
league this season looking at how Sundowns was playing.

“They are playing extremely well and I don't expect them to
collapse,” he said.

He said their biggest ambition was to play on the continent.

“We want to play in the Confederations Cup or the Champions
League because Amazulu is an African brand.”

Amazulu face struggling Black Leopards in a DStv Premiership
match on Sunday at Thohoyandou Stadium.

Image : @Amazulufootball

Safa pulls the trigger on Ntseki
Linda Ximba

As expected, the South Africa Football
Association has fired Bafana Bafana coach Molefi
Ntseki.

This follows Sunday’s 2-0 defeat to Sudan away, which resulted
in the senior national team failing to qualify for the 2021 Africa
Cup of Nations.

SA only needed a draw to book their tickets for the Cameroon
finals across January and February next year.

At a press conference yesterday at Safa House in Nasrec, Safa
CEO Teboho Motlanthe confirmed they have parted ways with
the former SA Under 17 coach.

“The decision was taken at about 10am. This was an NEC
decision,” said Motlanthe.

When Ntseki took over from Stuart Baxter in August 2019 many
felt his lack of experience at international level would be a
problem and many felt Safa opted for him because he was a
cheap option.

During his tenure, Ntseki faced some serious challenges such as
the cancellation of the planned friendlies against Zambia and
Madagascar in September 2019 as well as the global pandemic
which upset preparations for friendlies. Bafana Bafana played
only four matches last year which made team building and fine
tuning combinations difficult.

The final straw came last Thursday when Ntseki, ahead of the
Ghana game, had to do without his trusted personnel after Fifa
ordered that overseas players didn't have to be released for
national duty.

Ntseki bows out with a record of four wins, three losses and
two draws.

Among those mentioned as a potential replacement for Ntseki
ahead of the 2022 World Cup group qualifiers are Pitso
Mosimane, Benni McCarthy and Eric Tinkler.

Picture source: @BafanaBafana