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A deadly pattern
Norton lei junior Bokke
Riley Norton
Twee oud-leerders van Paul Roos Gimnasium, Riley Norton en Oliver Reid, is lid van die junior Springbokspan wat later vandeesmaand aan die Wêreld- rugby-o.20-kampioenskap in Italië deelneem. Die junior Springbok-hoofafrigter, Kevin Foote, het vyf spelers ingesluit, wat vir die tweede keer aan die Wêreldrugby-o.20-kampioenskap in Italië sal deelneem, met die Matie en slot Riley Norton, wat as kaptein behou word vir die toernooi, wat van Sondag 29 Junie tot Saterdag 19 Julie sal plaasvind. Phiwayinkosi Kubheka (stut) en Ian van der Merwe (losskakel) het nog nie voorheen vir die SA o. 20’s gespeel nie, terwyl Jaco Grobbelaar (slot), Stephanus Linde (agtsteman) en Jaco Williams (agterspeler) terug in die span is nadat hulle die onlangse o.20-Rugbykampioenskap in Gqeberha misgeloop het. Ses spelers – nog o.19 wat in die span ingesluit is – blyk belowend vir volgende seisoen te wees. Hulle is Kubheka en sy mede-stut Reid, Siphosethu Mnebelele (haker), Norton (slot), Vusi Moyo (losskakel), en Cheswill Jooste (agterspeler). Volgens Foote was die finale keuses-proses ’n baie moeilike taak en hy en die afrigtingspan is baie tevrede met die finale groep. “Die ouens was almal uitstekend in hul houding en toewyding en die meeste van die groep is sedert November verlede jaar saam toe die SA o.19-Akademie-program in Stellenbosch begin het,” het
Foote gesê. “Ek wil elke speler wat lid van die verskeie oefengroepe was, bedank vir hul ongelooflike insette. Die skole en provinsiale unies verdien ook enorme erkenning vir die manier waarop hulle ons spelers voorberei het. Die oefengroep van 37 spelers is verminder tot die amptelike spangrootte van 30 spelers, wat Suid-Afrika van die einde van die maand teen die beste o.20-spelers in wêreldrugby sal verteenwoordig. “Ons het ’n goeie groep spelers gekies, wat vasbeslote is om die land met hul vertonings op die veld en hul gedrag weg van die veld af trots te maak,” het Foote gesê. “Dit was ’n ontsettend moeilike taak om die groep tot 30 spelers te verminder en ons voel almal vir daardie ouens wat nie die finale spangroep gehaal het nie. “Geluk aan die 30 wat gekies is; wat ’n eer om jou land teen die bestes in die wêreld te verteenwoordig.” Die span sal voortgaan met sy voorbereiding in Stellenbosch tot hul vertrek na Italië op Dinsdag 24 Junie. Die Junior Bokke begin hul veldtog in Italië op 29 Junie teen Australië in Calvisano, voordat hulle op 4 Julie in Rovigo teen Engeland te staan kom. Hul finale poelwedstryd is op 9 Julie teen Skotland – ook in Calvisano. Uitspeelwedstryde: • Maandag 14 Julie: Halfeindrondes (Verona en Viadana) • Saterdag 19 Julie: Eindstryde en graderingswedstryde (Calvisano en Rovigo).
Former deputy mayor fatally gunned down Tasmin Cupido and Yaël Malgas The greater Stellenbosch community is reeling after the murder of a former politician this week. Stellenbosch police launched a manhunt for those responsible for the slaying of former Stellenbosch deputy mayor, Nyaniso Jindela, in Khayamandi. Jindela’s death comes merely weeks after the death of DA councillor Xolile Kalipa in the same community on the evening of Sunday 14 May. “This is getting out of hand. These types of things we used to see in Durban,” one community member wrote on social media of Jindela’s death. Political related killings in KwaZulu-Natal have long been an issue with an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) even being set up to investigate the killings. In September 2023, then police minister General Bheki Cele said 52 councillors had been gunned down between 2011 and 2023. According to Captain Nathalie Martin, spokesperson for Stellenbosch police, officers were called to the scene in Vineyard Street, Khayamandi, at 20:00 Monday (9 June). “When the officers arrived on the scene, they were pointed to the body of an unknown man, laying between a Toyota Avanza and a fence,” she explains. SIMILAR SCENE “A backpack, keys and cellphone were laying next to the body. Paramedics arrived and declared the man deceased. It was discovered that he had been fatally shot.” Martin said family members of the deceased were on the scene and identified the body as that
of the former deputy mayor, Jindela. The scene was similar to the one where Kalipa was gunned down. At the time, Martin confirmed that police were called to a scene in Swart Close, Khayamandi, where Kalipa’s lifeless body was found lying between two vehicles. “The deceased was shot multiple times and was declared dead on the crime scene by paramedics,” she said in May. On Wednesday (11 June), local police said no suspects had been arrested in connection with Kalipa’s death. In the statement issued by Stellenbosch Municipality this week, it expressed “great shock and sadness” at the news of the fatal shooting of Jindela. “Mr Jindela was a former councillor who served the community with distinction, including in the role of deputy mayor,” the statement read. CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE “The incident is currently under investigation by the South African Police Service and the municipality will fully support [the police] by providing any information they may require. We extend our deepest condolences to Mr Jindela’s family and loved ones during this horrific time.” Jindela served as a deputy mayor under former executive mayor Gesie van Deventer and was also speaker of the council at a time. He was once part of the ANC before he moved over to the DA. In mid-2021, Jindela, his wife, Unathi, and three others were arrested for the murder of Cameron Mcako, another former deputy mayor of Stellenbosch. Mcako was gunned down outside his tavern, Happy Rest Tavern, on 1
Nyaniso Jindela
November 2019. He died in hospital two days later. Martin could not provide any further information on the most recent incident as the murder investigation is underway. Community members remembered Jindela and the assistance he provided. “I am grateful to this man for his help with my school applications. He exhibited a fatherly love that extended beyond his own children, but also to me,” a community member said. GOOD councillor Robin Hendrickse said Jindela’s death is a “painful reminder of the deepening crisis of violence gripping our communities”. Along with Kalipa’s death Hendrickse also referred to a private security officer who was killed at the Khayamandi Sports Ground on Saturday 24 May. “These are not isolated events, they are part of a pattern of escalating violence that has left residents living in fear,” she urged. Anyone with information on the murder cases is asked to call Stellenbosch police on 021 809 5012/15.