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Two medals for Kovsie athletes at African Games

02 September 2019 | Story Ruan Bruwer

Yolandi and Lynique — Yolandi Stander in action for the South African team at the African Games in Morocco. She won the silver medal in the discus throw. Lynique Beneke won a bronze medal at the African Games.

Although their performances were described as a surprise by the one and a letdown by the other, both these aspiring teachers managed to bring home a silver medal from Morocco.

Improving her personal best in the discus throw by nearly four metres to claim silver at the African Games, came as a huge surprise for Yolandi Stander.

The 20-year-old Education student managed a heave of 57,75 m at the games in Morocco on Thursday 29 August 2019. Her previous best throw was 54,00 m, with which she won the gold medal at this year’s USSA championship in April 2019.

“I did not feel such a distance was possible. Not at all. I was shocked,” Stander said.

Top achievement of my senior career

“My goal for this competition was to throw 55 m. I didn’t expect to throw almost three metres further than that. This will now rank as the top achievement of my senior career.”

It was Stander’s last competition for the season. “I am so fortunate to end on a high. It makes you want to work even harder, because you know that hard work eventually pays off.”

Also on Thursday, fellow Kovsie Lynique Beneke bagged a bronze medal in the long jump. She and Stander are both members of the South African team.

Best jump for 2019 was 6,64 m

Beneke said she was grateful for her medal but felt she could have done better than her jump of 6,30 m. “I wasn’t happy with my distance, as I felt better than my distance showed. I was definitely in better shape than my performance showed.”

Beneke, also an Education student, said she was not sure if this would be her final meeting for the season. “I am waiting for the final team to the World Champs to be announced. According to IAAF standards, I qualified.” Her best jump for 2019 was 6,64 m.

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UFS presents workshop on plea bargaining

2010-02-09

At the workshop were in front: Prof. Hennie Oosthuizen, Department of Criminal and Medical Law at the UFS; back: Judge Faan Hancke, Adv. Jo Hiemstra of the Office of the Director Public Prosecution in the Free State, Judge President Hendrick Musi and Judge of Appeal Fritz Brand.
Photo: Stephen Collett

The Centre for Judicial Excellence in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Free State (UFS) recently presented a workshop on plea bargaining. This is the fourth workshop in the series of workshops on effective court management and the expedition of trials that started in 2007.

According to Judge Faan Hancke, the Chair of the workshop and also Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Process Law at the UFS, selected members of the judicature such as Judge of Appeal Fritz Brand, Judge Albert Kruger – who is amongst others the author of an important book on the criminal process – and Judge President of the Free State High Court, Hendrick Musi, conducted presentations at this workshop.

Judge Hancke’s lecture focused on the basic principles of plea bargaining. “Abroad, the plea agreement is effectively applied to shorten court procedures. This gives them a 80 percent saving on court cases with regard to serious crime, where we in South Africa save less than five percent on court cases.

The workshop was attended by magistrates, attorneys, advocates, the UFS Law Clinic and members of the Legal Aid Council. According to Mr Lukas Brand, a magistrate from Botshabelo, this workshop is a must for each jurist. More members of the legal profession must attend these kinds of workshops because there are many people who lack the necessary knowledge on some of the stipulations in the criminal procedure.

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