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    By: Sylvester Raraza Email: sylvesterraraza@gmail.com Twitter: @Sylvester_tut Amapiano FC. (Picture: Facebook) Football is an international language understood by billions of people around the world and it has been used to foster tolerance, understanding and drawing people together. The story of Amapiano FC is similar in purpose. Amid a surge in substance and alcohol abuse amongst the youth in the community of Palmridge Extension 3, in Ekurhuleni, a football team was established in the hopes of getting the youth out of the streets and into the field. Not only did this team bring hope to the community, but it gave former drug users a second chance at life. Amapiano FC Founders. (Picture: Facebook) The team’s founders, Sibusiso Nhlabathi (30) and Junior Mosolo (27), say the team has had a positive impact on the youth in the community. “When we established Amapiano FC, we thought the team must have a name that appeals to the youth”, said Viki. “Our goal was muc...

By: Sylvester Raraza Email: sylvesterraraza@gmail.com Twitter: @Sylvester_tut (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) The Apartheid State of Israel left the Palestinian territory in absolute shambles. Hundreds killed - among them children, in Israeli's bloody aggression on Palestinians. The world witnessed injured civilians, destroyed buildings and ruin. The most disheartening aspect of this Israeli war on Palestinians is how civilians are impacted by it. Thousands of civilians fled their homes, frightened for their lives and some did not even get the chance to flee - they were just left for dead.  [Ali Jadallah/Anadolu] But let me start at the beginning. It started in the  community of Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem, where Palestinians were being evicted out of their homes by Israelis. Coupled with that, was the attack against Palestinians by the Israeli police force at the al-Aqsa Mosque, during one of the most holiest days in the Muslim community, Ramadan. Millitant and nationalist ...