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Mazabuka Mid Year Happenings…
So much has been “happening” lately in Mazabuka : never a dull
moment!! What with cycling : a national event held in May and
another in June. Cricket : three matches have been played by a
Mazabuka Club side against other country district teams – and Maz
has fared pretty well, considering the number of rusty memory banks
with regard to anything that vaguely resembles the game! SOCCER –
aside from the World Cup, there’s also been the on-going challenge
that the Nakambala Leopards Soccer Team have had to face now that
they’re in the Premier League. The “Sweet Boys” haven’t fared too
well lately so we hope they’ll pick up steam in their future
matches! Golf - thanks to Musikili School’s PTA for the well
organised, well attended golf sponsored day at the beginning of
June! Incidentally, sub. reminders have gone out to all our farmer
members and they can pay their subscriptions straight into the
account that deals specifically with the maintenance of the course.
It’s good to see that our lady captain, Chris Mpweto has been placed
second in the Bronze Division’s Order Of Merit! Tennis has picked
up again and there’s usually a good crowd at the tennis club on a
Saturday afternoon. Ladies tennis on Wednesday has also been going
well. Don’t forget your tennis club subs. if you haven’t paid them
yet. The Mazabuka Open Polo Championships are being held over the
weekend of July 22 at Maz Turf club. Earlier, on July7, 8 and 9 a
divisional match is being played at Lubombo.
On a sombre note, in mid June, a mass demonstration against sexual
violence against children was held in Maz. A huge crowd of
demonstrators marched from the hospital to the Civic Centre to
protest the number of cases of child molestation in the district.
There was an appeal for more stringent laws against rapists, and
against traditional healers who advocate the molestation of children
as a “cure to poverty”. It was acknowledged that there should be a
massive sensitisation programme on the subject of child molestation,
and the ruling that rape/defilement carries a 15 years to life
imprisonment be adhered to. |
July
2006