NYL PLAZA - 'n Vrou is Saterdagmiddag op die N1 snelweg Suid van Mokopane oorlede nadat sy vir meer as 'n halfuur in haar motorwrak vasgekeer was.Die vrou was in een van drie voertuie wat in 'n botsing betrokke was toe die bestuur-der van 'n Toyota Yaris na bewering beheer oor haar motor verloor het. Die ander voer-tuie wat by die ongeluk betrokke was, was 'n Mercedes en 'n Hyundai i20.Die ongeluk het 'n groot opeenhoping van die druk verkeer veroorsaak terwyl nooddi-enste ingeroep is om die vrou uit die motor-wrak te bevry. Sy is later op die toneel dood.

Vrou sterf in botsing op N1

Die ongelukstoneel waarin drie motors Saterdagmiddag in ‘n ernstige botsing betrokke was. ’

By Amanda Basson (amanda@noordnuus.co.za)

LEPHALALE – The Lephalale municipality has warned residents about making use of informal car wash operators in Onver-wacht. People who make use of these ser-vices could have their vehicles impounded.

In a press release, the Lephalale munici-pality urged motorists to refrain from using car wash services in areas where street trading is prohibited.

Municipality warns about using street car washersThe municipal by-law stipulates that

street trading in prohibited areas, can lead to a fine of R 1000 for the unlicensed street trader/car washer.

The public should take note that the mu-nicipal bylaw provides for law enforcement officers to remove and impound property which they find at a place where street trad-ing is prohibited.

Motorists who park their vehicles in a prohibited area to be washed run the risk of

having their cars impounded. Examples of such areas are the parking

lot adjacent to the Onverwacht Business Centre. The municipality put up signs at the parking lot earlier to indicate that trading and more specifically car wash operators are not allowed in the area.

The same applies to the Shoprite Bus rank next to Mica where cars are washed despite signs indicating that the rank is for busses only.

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Deur Amanda Basson (amanda@noordnuus.co.za)

LEPHALALE – Daar is verlede Vrydag by die PPK Lighuis kerk in Onverwacht afskeid geneem van Kaitlint (8) en Jayden da Costa (1) wat beide oorlede is nadat ’n kortslui-ting ’n brand in hul ouerhuis in Eloffstraat veroorsaak het. Intussen word verneem dat José da Costa, die kinders se oupa, heel moontlik ’n veloorplanting op sy voete sal moet kry.

Kaitlint (8) het brandwonde oor haar hele liggaam opgedoen en Jayden (1) het ernstige brandwonde grootendeels oor sy gesig en kop opgedoen toe daar vermoedelik ‘n kortsluiting in die kragkabels van ‘n dakwaaier ontstaan het.

Die sanger Adam Tas het tydens die be-grafnis ‘n spesiale huldeblyk aan die twee kindertjies gedoen en niemand is onaanger-aak deur sy liedjie Begrawe my op die plat-teland nie.

Die kinders se oupa, José, was ook by die begrafnis ten spyte van die beserings aan sy voete wat hy ook tydens die brand opgedoen het toe hy deur die vuur gehardloop het om die kinders te probeer red.

Teen druktyd was die familie nie beskik-baar vir kommentaar oor José se beserings nie, maar volgens die Hero Burn Foundation

Da Costa-gesin neem afskeidse Facebook-blad is sy wonde by 4 Wounds Wound Care Practice in Monument Park behandel nadat hy ‘n ernstige infeksie opge-doen het.

José was verlede Dinsdag in Meulmed opgeneem en op pyn medikasie en ‘n vloei-stofdrup geplaas terwyl hy wondsorg ont-vang het. Teen Donderdag is hy ontslaan en ontvang tans behandeling by Mediclinic in Lephalale.

Intussen het Sibreena Da Costa, Kaitlint en Jayden se ma, via die Hero Burn Foun-dation se Facebook-blad almal bedank wat hulle bygestaan het, veral Boland en Ly-nette Maartens, en skryf sy hierdie roerende woorde:

"Never would we have thought something so terrible would happen to us. Losing our children, grandchildren, niece and nephew ripped into the core of our family and made us realise just how precious life and every single moment with loved ones are.

"Our journey in healing is far from over but your prayers and support carries us in such a tangible way that we are able to stand strong in this difficult time.

We miss our little angels so much and they will always be loved by not only us but all of you that opened your hearts in com-passion and care."

PHAHLADIRA – A planned complex in this area will provide at least 350 permanent jobs once completed in September 2016.

The mayor of Lephalale, Jack Maeko (photo right), attended a sod turning event for the proposed Phahladira Town Centre, 43km North East of Lephalale on the R518 last week.

The planned complex will provide 60 000 residents in this district with much needed retail facilities. Phase 1 of the new development will comprise of a 7000m2 complex, anchored by a 2800m² Shoprite Supermarket.

Fernridge research indicates that there is R16-million groceries-spend in this node, but that the nearest supermarket is 40km away. Phahladira Town Centre will cater to

LIMPOPO - Advertisements for abortions are glued onto various traffic lights, power boxes and even waste skips around Lepha-lale and Mokopane are not only an eye sore, but can also pose serious health risks for the women who decide to make use of these services.

In a recent CPF meeting warrant officer Frans Mokoena, the spokesperson for Lep-halale SAPS, said that it is difficult to appre-hend the people who are undergoing illegal abortions. “As with any other crime we have to have enough evidence before an arrest can be made.”

Women who had illegal abortions are usually not willing to speak up about their experience and are reluctant to provide infor-mation to the police.

Religious and moral objections (pro-life vs pro-choice beliefs) also come into play. Woman are afraid of being judged for their decision to abort.

The emotional repercussions of an abor-tion should not be overlooked. According to an article by dr Marietjie van Rooyen, a senior lector at the University of Pretoria’s faculty of family medicine (The prevalence of post-abortion syndrome in patients present-ing at Kalafong hospital’s family medicine clinic after having a termination or pregnan-cy published on 15 Augustus 2014) a large group of women have emotional side-effects

LEPHALALE - Resource Generation Limited (ResGen), which is planning to mine one of SA's largest remaining coal deposits outside Lephalale, has received a signed Memo-randum of Understanding from HAB & JPR Privée, a Swiss private company, to provide in principle funding of EUR480-million to enable construction of Boikarabelo mine.

HAB & JPR Privée has indicated that if there is a change of directors it reserves the right to cancel the loan facility. This follows the decision by Altius Investment Holdings, an associate of Noble Group, to requisition a general meeting to replace ResGen's board with its own nominees. Altius has been work-ing with Noble Group to structure debt fund-ing, as part of a club of SA financiers, that would result in a substantial transfer of value

New 7000m2 complex for Phahladira

this under-served catch-ment area, addressing food, fashion and furniture needs in the area; and saving resi-dents signifi-cant trans-port costs.

In addi-tional to the recreational benefits the construction of the Phahladira Town Centre complex will also translate into job opportunities for local residents.

Adverts for abortions a major concernafter a pregnancy was terminated.

Insomnia, irritation, depression, suicidal thoughts and guilt are some of the most common emotions with which these women struggle.

According to Emily Molokomme, spokes-person for the Lephalale district hospital, women should remember that any medical procedure that is not done by a qualified medical practitioner can be dangerous.

“Patients can rupture their uterus, hemorrhage or contract a sepsis infection that can claim the woman’s life.”

While Molokomme does not advocate abortions, she says that the hospital is equipped to do safe and sterile abortions.

“People should take responsibility for their lives and use contraceptions if they are sexually active and don’t want to become pregnant.”

At the hospital the woman who wants to have an abortion will be seen by a doc-tor, social worker and hospital sister before she is given pills to terminate the pregnancy. “These services are free of charge and there is no reason why women should have illegal and dangerous procedures done by unquali-fied people.”

“In Lephalale only the district hospital is authorised to do abortions and according to law it can only be done up to 12 weeks after the last menstrual cycle.”

EUR480m funding for Boikarabelo minefrom the company’s shareholders and its BEE partner to the financiers.

Resgen MD Paul Jury said: ‘We are pleased, after a protracted process of seeking funding in a difficult market for coal projects, to have achieved in principle agreement for funding to enable all the remaining phases of the mine construction and its social labour programs to be completed.”

HAB & JPR Privée's decision to fund con-struction of the Boikarabelo mine has been driven by its desire to work with ResGen which it sees as a company that is socially responsible, attentive to the environmental impact of its projects and sensitive to the lo-cal community, as well as observing the high-est health and safety standards to protect its workers and the general population.

MOKOPANE – The Thuto-Lesedi Foundation (Thulefo), together with social workers from the Aletuke centre in Moshate, celebrated Heritage Day. They held an aware-ness campaign and the theme was “Drugs and substance abuse, not my culture.”

Foundation reaches out on Heritage Day

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Martie Pretorius (martie@noordnuus.co.za)

MOKOPANE - Patrick Sekhu, a co-accused in the Charles Mgidi murder’ second bail application that continued in the Mokopane Magistrate Court on Wednesday was again denied by the magistrate.

Sekhu returned to court with advocate Molepo to re-apply for bail based on new facts after magistrate Swanepoel also reject-ed his bail application earlier this year.

The 55-year-old Patrick Sekhu and his co-accused, Samuel Matjila (55) and Des-mond Machaba (48) were arrested in April and face charges of murder on driving school owner, Charles Mgidi who died after being shot. The killing was the result of an argu-ment at the Caltex Garage (cnr. Nelson Man-dela & Thabo Mbeki) between the victim and the accused men.

In a bail application for a schedule six of-fence, the accused has to prove exceptional circumstances to be released from custody. Sekhu’s legal representative at the time did not convince the magistrate of such circum-stances during his first bail application.

Despite his advocate’s argument that his client is suffering a huge financial losses and the non-operation of his businesses resulting

LIMPOPO - Moord in Suid-Afrika het vol-gens die polisie se nuutste misdaadsyfers die afgelope jaar met 4,6% toegeneem, huisroof, wat ook plaasaanvalle insluit met 5,2% en motorkapings met 14,2%.

Volgens die polisie se statistiek is motors in tien van Limpopo se dorpe, selfs in die hoofstad Polokwane, egter veilig nadat daar in die laaste jaar nie ‘n enkele motor of mo-torfiets gesteel is nie.

Netwerk 24 berig dat daar in Lephalale, waar misdaad skerp gestyg het sedert die Medupi-kragstasie gebou is, ook nie ’n enkele motordiefstal plaasgevind nie. Dít terwyl 20 motors die vorige jaar gesteel is.

Dit lyk egter of Lephalale se diewe kort na die Maart afsnydatum weer begin steel het. Een motor is Maandag gesteel en Noordelike Nuus het vanjaar al oor drie ander voorvalle gerapporteer.

Ander plekke waar daar glo geen motor-diefstal was nie, is Lebowakgomo, Modi-molle, Seshego, Bela-Bela, Mookgophong, Phalaborwa en Musina.

Kenners meen daar is fout met die statistiek. Gareth Newham, senior navorser van die Instituut vir Sekerheidstudie, sê hulle het verskeie “onreëlmatighede” in die mis-daadsyfers gevind.

Volgens Ian Cameron, AfriForum se hoof van gemeenskapsveiligheid, het plaasaan-valle en moorde die afgelope jaar skerp toegeneem en word dié punt ook nie duidelik in die statistiek oorgedra nie.

Volgens statistiek wat AfriForum en TLU SA in Julie uitgereik het, het 27 plaasmoorde en 116 aanvalle in die eerste ses maande van 2015 voorgekom. Hierdie syfers is in die nasionale moord en huisroof syfers vervat. AfriForum en TLU SA meen dit moet af-sonderlik aangedui word.

Daar hang ook baie vrae rondom die lae veediefstalsyfers in somige landelike areas. Volgens Netwerk 24 is geen vee die afgelope boekjaar in Delmas, Belfast, Middelburg,

SA raak gevaarliker maar Limpopo se karre is glo veilig

Mbombela (Nelspruit) of eMalahleni (Wit-bank) gesteel nie.

Ook Lydenburg, Ermelo, Chrissiesmeer, Breyton, Dullstroom, Hendrina, Amsterdam, Piet Retief, Barberton, Sabie, Carolina, Secunda, Graskop, Standerton en Evander het volgens die polisie se misdaadsyfers nié onder veediewe deurgeloop nie.

Genl.maj. (afgetree) Chris de Kock, die polisie se voormalige hoof van statistieke, het glo by navraag gesê daar is ’n groot toename in die onderrapportering van veediefstal. “Boere raak gefrustreerd en meld dit nie meer by die polisie aan nie.”

Boere moet op plaaslike vlak inskakel by die veiligheidstrukture wat deur die Lande-like Veiligheidstrategie daargestel is, sê mnr. Kobus Visser van Agri SA se Landelike Veiligheidskomitee.

Landelike veiligheidsforums het dit ten doel om ‘n platvorm te skep waar boere en polisie saam planne kan beraam vir beter aanwending van reserviste en plaaswagte en om gebiede te identifiseer waar sigbare polisiering die gewenste impak sal hê.

Dit is ook die plek waar boere hul frustra-sies met dienslewering met die polisie kan opneem.

“Daar is ongelukkig party polisiestasies in ons landelike gebiede waar dienslewering ten opsigte van sekere misdade nie op standaard is nie,” sê Visser.

“Ons vind dat die polisie baie vinnig op die toneel is wanneer daar ‘n plaasaanval was, maar dat hulle nie altyd so flink reageer op klagte oor betreding en met veediefstal ondersoeke nie.”

Hy verduidelik dat die landelike veiligheidforums die ideale plek vir boere is om hul plaaslike polisielede bewus te maak van die noodsaaklikheid vir vinnige opvolg-werk op misdaadtonele en ook ‘n plek is waar die polisie boere kan sê hoe om misdaadtonele te preserveer vir ondersoekbe-amptes.

Mgidi case: bail application denied

Murder co-accused Patrick Sekhu appears confident in court for his bail application based on new facts.

in a lack of income for his wife and children, Sekhu’s second attempt to be released for bail, again did not prove to be exceptional. He will remain in custody and is expected to appear on 4 November where he and his co-accused's trial will continue.

Martie Pretorius (martie@noordnuus.co.za)

MAHWELERENG - The Mokerong Regional Court in Mahwelereng on Monday sen-tenced a 42-year-old man to six life terms with an additional 110 years (not to run concurrently) for rape, murder and robbery.

Johannes Ledwaba was convicted on 11 counts of rape, three counts of murder and two counts of robbery.

Col. Ronel Otto, a provincial police

Court shows serial rapist no mercyspokesperson said that Ledwaba targeted his victims at villages in the Mapela area outside Mahwelereng between 2002 and 2011.

After chatting with his female victims, Ledwaba dragged them into the bushes where he raped them. Three of his victims were strangled to death.

The provincial police commissioner, Lt. Genl. Fannie Masemola congratulated his team and Lt. T. Monene of the Mahwelereng FCS unit for his skilful investigation.

Hoe rooier hoe mooier die maanLEPHALALE – Die seldsame supermaan maansverduis-tering wat Maandagoggend plaasgevind het het al wat ‘n amateur fotograaf is na hul kameras laat gryp. Suid Afrika was een van ‘n paar lande wat die verskynsel op sy beste kon sien.

Omstreeks 04:15 Maan-dagoggend was die volmaan mooi rooi en het Beatrice Ngaliwah hierdie pragtige foto geneem.

Sedert 1900 was daar net vyf supermaan maans-verduisterings; die laaste een was in 1982 en die volgende sal eers in 2033 wees.

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LEPHALALE – Hierdie tyd van die jaar kom ‘parvo’, ook bekend as katgriep, meer ger-eeld by honde voor.

Volgens Talana Goddard van Mogol Dier-ekliniek is veral hondjies onder die ouderdom van een jaar wat nie ingeënt is nie vatbaar vir die siekte. “Eienaars moet bedag wees op hondjies wat braak, lusteloos is en diarree het wat sleg ruik.”

Goddard beveel aan dat diere dadelik na ‘n veearts toe geneem word as hulle enige

van die simptome wys.Parvo is ‘n hoogs

aansteeklike virus wat ‘n hoë persentasie vrektes

BUSHVELD - Conservation organisation WWF South Africa and international NGO ICLEI are calling on Lephalale and Moko-pane to enter the 2015-16 Earth Hour City Challenge.

The Earth Hour City Challenge is a year-long competition among cities and towns around the world to promote renewable en-ergy and prepare for climate change.

Cities and towns that participate by com-peting for the title of South African national Earth Hour Capital - as well as the Global Earth Hour Capital – are recognised for their efforts in spreading the global movement to create more sustainable, resilient cities.

Now in its third year, WWF SA and ICLEI Africa are pleased that the 2015-2016 com-petition will include a national round catering to the potential that secondary municipalities present in the journey towards a low-carbon future. “Municipalities, such as Lephalale and Mogalakwena, enter by creating a profile on the carbon Climate Registry to capture the municipality’s climate actions. This under-

Ready for earth hour challenge taking could also serve as a data repository exercise for all the municipalities’ sustainable initiatives,” explains Steven Bland, project manager, ICLEI-Africa.

“The entries will be evaluated by an in-ternational consultancy outside of the formal global competition, but will also provide feed-back to municipalities in moving forward. A panel of national partners will use this evalu-ation to determine the national winner.”

“Participating municipalities will also be invited to a capacity building workshop, with the view of enhancing municipal under-standing of renewable energy installations to maximise its benefits,” says Louise Scholtz, Manager: Special Projects at WWF SA. “The winning municipality will also get a free pre-feasibility assessment from Stellenbosch Uni-versity’s Centre for Renewable and Sustain-able Energy Studies (CRSES), empowering them to move towards a low-carbon future.”

For information, and to enter, visit www.wwf.org.za/ehcc or contact irina.velasco@iclei.org.

LIMPOPO - Ivanhoe Mines Limited, the University of Limpopo in SA and Laurentian University in Canada signed an agreement recently launching an educational collabora-tion between the two universities.

The collaboration, initiated and sponsored by Ivanhoe’s South African subsidiary, Ivan-plats, was celebrated at a signing ceremony on the University of Limpopo campus attend-ed by officials from Laurentian University, the University of Limpopo, Ivanhoe and the SA and Canadian governments.

A principal goal of the five-year partner-ship, which is renewable for a further five years, is to develop and equip the University of Limpopo’s geology department to become a centre of excellence in geosciences. This will be achieved through measures that include: improved training and curriculum choices in economic geology and mineral exploration at the University of Limpopo; increased teaching and research capacities at the graduate student level; equipping laboratories; purchasing an outdoor vehicle and trailer for field excursions; and collabo-rating with Laurentian University to improve the University of Limpopo’s learning pro-grammes.

Ivanplats will provide in-service training opportunities for students from both universi-ties and assist them in conducting research on the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Com-

Ivanhoe invests in Limpopoplex. Ivanhoe Mines, through Ivanplats, has allocated a total of US$2.5 million to the Limpopo and Laurentian universities to fund their partnership during its initial five years. In addition to Ivanhoe’s investment, Lauren-tian University, of Sudbury, Ontario, has been awarded C$500,000 in scholarship funds for the project through the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Tech-nology (QEII-GSST) Program.

Combined with a C$570,000 scholarship awarded to Laurentian by the International Development Research Corporation, these funds will create educational opportunities for 35 University of Limpopo students to study in Canada. Scholarship funding from the three sources will support under-gradu-ate, Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) positions at Laurentian and be focused on topics and research in mineral exploration and economic geology. The QEII-GSST scholarship will fund up to 15 graduate students and faculty from the University of Limpopo to pursue MSc and PhD studies at Laurentian’s Department of Earth Sciences.

The funds will support a number of Lau-rentian’s graduate students to travel to Lim-popo for three-to-four-month internships over the course of the first five years of the fund-ing agreement with Ivanhoe. These advanced graduate students will teach and assist junior faculty at the University of Limpopo.

By Martie Pretorius (martie@noordnuus.co.za)

LIMPOPO - The future looks bleak for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO’s) in the province as many organisation have come forward claiming that they have not received their monthly subsidies from the department of social development for a few months now.

The Department pays a monthly sub-sidy, which is disbursed quarterly. Recently these payments have stopped or are hope-lessly delayed.

“Sadly, children of this province, who have the potential of creating our nation-al wealth, to care and protect the country and its people are not cared for by the social development department,” said Katlego Su-zan Phala, Democratic Alliance (DA) MPL, to the Limpopo Provincial Legislature on 22 September during a snap debate on the de-partment of social development.

Several local NGO’s among others, The Mokopane Needs Forum, Thula-Thula Baba house and the Thobela House for the Dis-abled in Ga-Madikana are under huge finan-cial strain and could face closure due to late or non-payment from the department. Some old age homes are also suffering the lack of subsidies.

Many of them are dysfunctional, and if forced to shut down, they will leave elderly people homeless.

Social welfare centres serves the home-less, orphans, sexually abused, severely physically and mentally children and aban-

The future looks bleak for Limpopo NGO’sdoned babies who are now facing closure due to the department’s failure to pay their subsidies.

A spokesperson at a local facility in Mokopane confirmed that they have not received their subsidies for several months. Queries to the department of social development have gone unanswered.

Mokopane Needs Forum manager Eulogia de Wet says to survive the forum now focuses on educating beneficiaries to generate an income by supplying the necessary resources.

The DA states that the department owes three centres more than R629 375 including arrears since April 2013. A new quarter’s payment is now due as well.

“NGO’s were delivering services that the department itself was constitutionally and legally compelled to deliver,” said another centre manager who chose to remain anony-mous.

“Failure to pay subsidies on time, par-ticularly to these kind of centres where vulnerable children are involved, is both a contravention of the children’s Act and the Constitution, which both state that chil-dren have the right to dignity and the right to shelter,” said the DA.

The DA have reportedly sent requests to the MEC for Social Development, Joyce Mashamba and the Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini, to ur-gently investigate the delay, but claims it had not received any reply yet.

Hou jou troeteldiere dopkan veroorsaak. Dit is uiters weerstandig en kan maklik in die omgewing oorleef. Dit kan opgedoen word deur kontak met siek honde of met besmette voorwerpe of persele.

Rasse soos Rottweilers, boelterriërs, Do-bermans en Duitse herdershonde is veral vat-baar vir die virus.

Mariaan Wentzel, die Lephalale DBV ins-pekteur, beaam Goddard se stelling. “Hierdie siekte versprei baie vinnig en eienaars moet seker maak dat hulle die omgewing waar die siek hond was behoorlik skoonmaak as daar ander diere op die erf is.”

“Die beste ontsmetmiddel om te gebruik is F10 wat by veeartse of die koöperasie gekoop kan word.”

Dit is belangrik om vloeistof vir die dier te gee om dehidrasie te voorkom. ‘n Veearts sal die hond op ‘n drip plaas om die diarree en braking te stop.

In ernstige gevalle sal kos en water weer-hou word totdat die dier ophou om te braak, daarna sal hulle weer geleidelik aan sagte voedsel gewoond gemaak word.

Inenting van hondjies is uiters belangrik. Hondjies moet op 6-8 weke ingeënt word, en daarna met tussenposes van 3-4 weke tot

op die ouderdom van 14 weke.

Warm son keer nie gesellige samekomsLEPHALALE – Ten spyte van die bloedig hitte was die Potfees en somerfees wat die Boskroeg verlede Saterdag aangebied het goed bygewoon. Die 4x4-kompetisie was weereens die groot trekpleister en na die gesellighede in die warm Bosveld son kon toeskouers ‘n heerlike lafenis by een van die vertonings deur verskeie gaskunstenaars geniet.

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WATERBERG HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

berg NewsNew team introduced

With the final matric exams looming up ahead, it was time for the current editorial team at Waterberg High School to hand over the reigns to the Grade 11's. H2O News was established by Northern News and Waterberg High School as a joint-venture to market the school and to provide learners with the opportunity to acquire some skills in publishing. Here is the new editorial team with Ms M. Welding overseeing the project: Mokgadi Taveatswala, Regomoditswe Raboroka, Belinda Komape, Thembi Mokgohloa, Thato Mathetsa, Karabo Lamola, Tumisang Babili and Samuel Sekoala.

By Samuel Sekoala

Waterberg High School learners are playing a significant role in nature conservation as part of the ECO Schools programme. Recently, the school embraced Arbor Week by planting trees. The ECO team is also collecting cans as part of a huge competition taking place in October (the school needs to collect 7000 cans for a chance to win thousands of rands for Waterberg.

The ECO team thinks green

By Sylvia Kekana

Waterberg High School hosted its first Annual Arts Festival in August.

Learners were given the opportu-nity to showcase their artistic abilities to the delight of the audience.

There was no shortage of talent. The festival's theme was 'Traditional' (African) and participants submitted drawings, live acts an even some po-etry. The stage came alive with WGT winners, cheerleaders and poets.

Leshoko Mabula Mohlasedi was the winner of the first arts festival for 2015. The runner-up was Mohlatsi Sebyetseba.

Left: Leshoko Mohlasedi was the winner of the first Arts Festival at Waterberg High School. On the far left is Mohlatsi Sebyetseba, the runner up.

Waterberg’s First ever art festival

By Regomoditswe Raboroko

The H2O News team spent some time getting to know Waterberg High School’s deputy principal, head of sports and the Grade 12 grade head, Mr Maeselane Seloane.

Q. How and when did you start teaching?

A. I started teaching in 1993 after completing my education studies at Se-roleng village in Zebediela at Meremotse Secondary School.

Q. What is interesting about teaching the learners of H20berg High School?

A. I think that the learners at Waterberg High School are generally amazing. Some are tenacious in their persistence not to fail.

My only negative comment would be that they sometimes make a mess and do not clean it up!

Q. What advice can you give those who want to follow in your footsteps?

Teachers' corner...... Mr Maeselane Seloane

A. My advice to those who want to follow in our footsteps as teachers, is that they must know that teaching children who are trying to find them-selves, is the battle of a lifetime.

I encourage young people to start thinking of becoming teachers - it’s a life changing profession.

Q. Do you enjoy teaching here?A. Definitely! I relate well

with the ethos of Waterberg High School.

I contribute to the dedica-tion, resilience and selflessness

and hard work of the whole staff of the school.

Q. What is the one wish that you would share with everyone concerning the learners of today?

A. Today’s learners are provided with an enormous amount of good opportunities and even better resources.

South Africa's democratic government ensures that all our learners are now equipped to reach new heights in skills and education.

We’ve got history!By: Mokgadi Tauatswala

Learners of Waterberg High School participated in an oral history competition held at the Mokopane EMPC on 9 September. Although the competition was tough and challenging, Lehutso Precious (Grade 9) and Mashaba Anthony (Grade 8) managed to impress the judges and finished first. Precious and Anthony define oral history as the recording, preservation and interpretation of information based on personal experiences and this nurtures the spirit of critical enquiry and assist the information of historical consciousness .

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Casual Day has been celebrated for 18 years in SA and sees participants making a R10 donation for the casual day sticker. Not only does Casual Day raise funds, it also raises awareness of opportunities for the full inclusion of people with disabilities into the community. This year, the learners at Waterberg High School challenged each other to see which class could sell the most Casual day stickers. Grade 11 D sold the most stickers and raised a staggering R2000. With only weeks to go, Grade 11 D de-cided to challenge the rest of the school to see who could sell the most stickers. Under the leadership of Mrs M.M. Mabatamela and classmate Tumisang Babili, the Grade 11’s worked hard to win. To celebrate their success, the learners were treated to a day at Tibane Lodge outside Mokopane on 18 September.

Thembi Emily Mokgohloa is the pride of Waterberg High School after she was select-ed to represent the Limpopo cricket team.

"I started playing cricket in 2006 when one of the local coaches came to our school asking for children who wants to join their team," she says. "Since 2010 I have been chosen to play in the provincial u/16,u/19 and senior team."

"The interesting part of playing cricket for the province is that you travel a lot around the country and even as far as Namibia," she says, adding that there are many opportuni-ties to act as coach, empire or scorer.

There are also scolarship opportunities. "Being good at a sport doesn’t prevent

you from having a career or means that you are stupid," she tells fellow learners.

"What you need to do is to work hard and not to listen to people who try to discourage you to do what you are good at."

She says that she believes that God opens the door where there is no door and

For the love of cricket!that nothing is impos-sible when you have faith.

She enjoys all sports and says that her performance on provin-cial level is a blessing. "I enjoy it when I work hard and see im-provement in my game - it makes me proud of myself."

Thembi thanks her family, Ms Molope, Mr Nkuna, Mr Horn, Mr Strauss for their sup-port. She remembers her late coach (Lizzer) from Mahwelereng Vultures Cricket Club.

On 15 September, the Grade 9 learners from Hebron-, Tetema-, Ramogobodi- and Waterberg High Schools were invited to present a health talk at the Mogalakwena Library. The main aim of the day was to encourage learners to edu-cate their peers and families to make wise decisions regarding their lives and futures. Water-berg High was represented by Sarah Makobane, Makgarebe Ledwaba, Mabitsi Mmaphuti, Kgopotso Mphalele, Precious Lehutso, Tshepho Molefe, Seun Sekoala, Shona Makoena, Oratile Mahlanya and Lebo Moabelo.

Let’s talk about health issuesBy Regomoditswe Raboroko

Let’s be casual

By Thorisho Moko

To fill the gap that will be left by the 2015 prefects, the school identified shadow pre-fects with potential to learn from the exist-ing leaders.

A group of Grade 11 learners that showed leadership potential were elected as 'Shadow Prefects' to fill the gap that will be left once the Grade 12's finishes school.

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LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary het ‘n baie suksesvolle interhuis swemgala op 22 September aangebied. Soos gewoonlik het die rekords gespat. Elke Loerie en Valk het sy heel beste gelewer in ‘n poging om sy span te laat wen. Aan die einde van die dag was dit egter die Valke wat as oorwinnaars uit die stryd getree het. Baie geluk ook aan ons senior en junior Victor en Victrix Ludorum wenners: Ané Besseling, Roelof Taljaard, Marushka Geyser en GJ Roets.

Italië wink vir NathalieLEPHALALE - Harde werk deur Nathalie Perrier en Monica Campher, dans afrigter van MC dance by die Srixzone gymna-sium, het gesorg dat hierdie talentvolle jong dame dit verlede week reggekry het om SA kleure in al vier haar dansstyle te behaal. Die style is onder andere Show modeling, hip-hop, freestyle en contemporary dancing. Sy behaal n persentasie van 95% in show modeling en kwalifiseer om April volgende jaar in Italië te gaan deelneem. Sy sal Suid-Afrika verteen-woordig saam met van haar mede dansmaats Jade Geel, Malinda du Plessis, Juane Pistorius en Barbara Emslie, almal leerders van Ellisras Hoërskool.

LEPHALALE - The municipality in conjunction with the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa; PETCO (a bottle recycling company) and the department of public works (EPWP – enterprise development) hosted a training session for recyclers at the Disaster Management Centre in Lephalale. The aim of the event was to enhance business skills through training in financial and business management. The initiative forms part of Lephalale Municipality’s vision to minimise waste and to create jobs through recycling entrepreneurship. Altogether 24 recyclers attended the three day training course. Here's Joshua Hlapa (Lephalale Municipality); Victoria Mphahlele (Department Public Works –EPWP Enterprise development); Jeremia Madibana (Lephalale Municipality); Joe Peu (Paper Recycling Association of South Africa); and Agripa Munyai (PETCO).

Waste not want not!

MARAPONG – Learners of Tielelo High School embarked on a clean-up campaign on Friday. The school requests the munici-pality to be part of the campaign by providing them with refuse bags, rakes and a collection truck. The eager learners made light work of the rubbish around the stadium, Marapong shopping complex, and the road to the Eskom contractor’s village.

Many Tielelo hands make light work

Mokopane’s own “Bicep Barbie”MOKOPANE – Mokopane is boasting with its own “Bicep Barbie”. The 22-year-old Thato Seopa, a full time teacher who competes part-time in bikini fitness competitions, won first place at the recent second annual Limpopo Bodybuilding and Fitness show. The beautiful Thato won her division for women’s fitness at the fitness show that was held at the Royal Polokwane Hotel last Saturday. “I’ d like to thank everyone for their tremendous support,” she says.

Puik interhuis swemgala vir Bossies

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MOKOPANE - On Tuesday the u/11 and u/12 hockey girls from Laerskool Bosveld Primary participated in their hockey trials. Mokgadi Tlhako (u/11) was chosen out of a lot of girls to go through to the next round of trials later this year.

LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary is very proud of Tebogo Lekalakala (Mkomazi) who made the Limpopo u/11-cricket team. Tebogo is a competent fast bowler and has the ability to make life very uncomfortable for batsmen. His batting is also improving rapidly, which makes him an all-rounder to be reckoned with.

MOKOPANE - Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) se inter-hoër swemspan vier vanjaar hulle agtste oorwinning in die interhoër swemgala sedert 2008. By dié byeenkoms wat verlede Woensdag deur HPP op Bela-Bela aange-bied is, het aflosspanne gesorg vir naelbyt oomblikke toe hulle rekords verbeter het en teen vyf ander hoërskole met 610 punte as die wenners gekroon is.

HPP se o/15 en o/16 aflosspanne het hulle uitstekend van hulle taak gekwyt nadat hulle die vryslag sowel as die individuele wisselslag rekords met 4 en 5 sekondes verbeter het.

Die span het vir Walkie Kruger bedank vir die borgskap van hulle swempette.

HPP wen Interhoër 2015 met 36 punte.Anria Kruger – Junior Victrix LudorumMiral Honiball – Senior Victrix LudorumMiral Honiball – Hoogste FINA punteBeste Seunsaflosspan – HPPInterhoër swem uitslae:Hoërskool Piet Potgieter - 610Hoërskool Ben Viljoen - 574Hoërskool Frikkie Meyer - 502Hoërskool Warmbad - 425Hoërskool Ellisras - 422Hoërskool Hans Strydom - 353.

Agt jaar se soet oorwinning

Mokgadi – Bosveld’s hockey star

Tebogo shines on the cricket pitch

Laaste wedvlug kroon kampioenMOKOPANE – Die Sportman Amateur Pos-duifklub (SAP) se laaste wedvlug van die jaar in die mannetjie en wyfie kampioenskappe het verlede naweek plaas-gevind. Duiwe is vanaf Springfontein losge-laat.Die 744km oornag wedvlug is Sondag vanaf 7:18 geklok. Fanie Viljoen se duif het die mannetjie wedvlug gewen met ’n spoed van 54km/h. Die kampioenduif in die wyfie wedvlug het ook ’n spoed van 54km/h eerste ingeklok en het Tiaan Marais net-net met 6 punte geklop. Die uitslae is soos volg:

Springfontein mannetjie kampioenskappe - Fanie Viljoen se duiwe is 1ste, 5de, 6de, 8ste en 17de. Johan van Zyl is die eienaar van die duiwe in 2de, 4de, 7de, 15de, 19de, 20ste en 21ste plek. Ses van Tiaan Marais se duiwe het in dié wedvlug beïndruk en 3de, 9de, 10de, 12de, 18de en 22ste geëindig. Barend van Biljon se duif was 11de en Louis Rossouw se duiwe vat ’n 13de en 16de plek. Engelbrecht hokke se duif was 14de.

Springfontein wyfie kampioenskappe -Johan van Zyl se nege duiwe is onder die

eerste 14de plekke. Barend van Biljon se duiwe was 4de, 10de, 19de en 23ste. Tiaan Marais se duiwe was 5de, 6de, 15de, 24ste en 25ste. Fanie Viljoen se duiwe het 7de, 16de, 18de en 21ste ingeklok. Die duiwe van Louis Rossouw was 17de en 22ste, Engelbrecht Hokke se duif was 20ste.

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BELA BELA - Hoërskool Ellisras het 'n barshou geswem by die Interhoër swem-gala verlede Dinsdag. Die Rassies het 29 medaljes ingeoes en uitstekende individuele prestasies behaal.

Dario Geyser (o/16) het soos ‘n kampioen geswem en in twee items die junior olimpiese tye net net gemis. Hy wen 50m vryslag met ‘n tyd van 24.89s. In vlinderslag breek hy die rekord met ‘n tyd van 26.59s. Dario is ook vroeër die jaar ook gekies om aan die junior SA swem kamp later deel te neem. Hy wen ook ‘n silwer medalje vir seuns o/19 200 in-dividuele medley hoewel hy maar net o/16 is.

Nathalie Perrier (o/14)wen ook goue medaljes in 50m vryslag met ‘n tyd van 32.66s en 50m rugslag 37.71s en een brons medalje. GP du Preez wen twee goud, een silwer en twee brons. Die goue medaljes is vir die twee aflosse s o/14 200m vryslag 2:08.50 en 200m medley 2:25.87. Die lede van hierdie span is Hendri Reynecke, Stefan Scholz, GP du Preez en NIel Steenkamp.

Individueel vaar die ander Rassies net so goed: Niel Steenkamp twee goud, Hendri Reynecke twee goud, Stefan Scholz twee goud en een silwer, Hannes Pretorius twee silwer en een brons, Janus Reynecke een brons. Adam Herbst een brons. Vanessa Troskie een silwer en twee brons, Anelia du Plessis een brons, Cherantè Snyman een brons en Senè Geldenhuys een brons.

Rassies swem dat dit spat

Bo: Dario Geyser met sy afrigter. Onder: Nathalie Perrier.

Swartwater gimnaste gaan SA’s toeSWARTWATER – Vier dogters van die Swartwater Gimnastiekklub sal vol-gende week aan die Suid-Afrikaanse Gimnastiek kampioenskappe by die Matsport Centre in Eldoraigne Park in Pretoria gaan deelneem. Die mei-sies is almal vlak 4 gimnaste, hulle is Chere-Leë Vos, Zane Roux, Elnichea Ferreira en Shane Botha.

Tehuis vier 50 jaar van versorging

MOKOPANE - Die Piet Potgieter Aftree-Oord het verlede Saterdag 'n baie spesiale gedenkplaat onthul wat van nou af in die tuin ten toon gestel sal word. Die marmer gedenkplaat herdenk 50 jaar van versorging - die ouetehuis is in 1965 as die Piet Potgieter Monument Ouetehuis gestig en is steeds 'n veilige hawe vir talle bejaardes in Mokopane. Hier is Hannetjie Jansen van Rensburg van die NSV hoofbestuur (Noord-Transvaal streekverteenwoordiger) saam met voorsitter Ds Hennie Nel van die Hervormde Kerk.

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SWARTWATER – Yolande Vos is ’n baie bekende gesig in die Bosveld, daar waar sy woeker as beroepsjagter, Bua Nnete lodge bestuurder, sjef, kunstenaar en eggenoot vir haar man, Gerhard Vos, of by die Swart-water Gimnastiekklub waar sy verskeie gim-naste met Limpopo- en selfs SA-kleure afrig.

Yolande het as kleuter begin met gimnas-tiek en is self ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse gimnastiek kampioen. “Ek was so lief vir die sport dat ek vakansies saam met my gesin opgegee het om gimnastiek oefenkampe by te woon,” vertel die ma van drie, wat elke dag 35km ry na die gimnastieksaal om kinders van Swartwater af te rig. “My ouers het my as kind 100% ondersteun en ons het duisende kilometers gery om aan kompetisies deel te neem.”

“Ek het van kleins af geleer dat harde werk beloon word, en dat jy verantwoordelik is vir jou eie sukses,” vertel sy. “Gimnastiek het my as persoon ontwikkel en die selfver-troue gegee om as individu te funksioneer.”

So het Yolande op skool agt keer Lim-popo (toe Verre Noord) en selfs Vrystaat kleure verwerf. Sy het ook ’n paar keer die Suid-Afrikaanse kampioenskappe gewen. So ernstig was sy oor haar gimnastiek dat sy in 1993 as Graad 12 leerder aan Hoërskool El-lisras haar eerste Gimnastiekklub begin het. “Ek het op die skool se leerlingraad gedien, matriek geskryf en tyd gemaak om tussen-deur gimnastiek af te rig!”

In 2011 was daar ’n satelliettak van die gewilde Zanis Gimnastiekklub gestig, maar die klub was slegs ’n jaar op die been toe die afrigter stad toe trek. “My eie dogter, Chere-Lee is ’n belowende gimnas en ek het besluit om in 2012 my eie klub te stig sodat ek my dogter kon afrig. “Nou bevind ek my kniediep in die gimnastiek met sowat 70 gimnaste tussen die ouderdom van drie en 13 jaar!”

Die Gimnastiekklub word bedryf uit die ou studiesaal van Laerskool Unitas in Swartwater. Die laerskool gimnaste is almal skoliere van die skool en die kleuter gimn-aste kom almal van Snipper Snuiters Kleu-terskool af, wat ook op die skoolterrein is.

’n Passie vir gimnastiekSy verduidelik dat waar ander groter klubs toegang het tot groot oefen areas, is dié klub se spasie beperk, maar waar daar ’n wil is, is daar ’n weg, lag sy. “Ons oefensaal is baie klein – ons kan slegs een item op ’n slag oefen – as ons brug oefen kan niemand iets anders oefen nie.”

“Die eetsaal van die koshuis word ook gebruik vir ons gimnaste om vloer te oefen,” sê Yolande. “Ons beplanning moet 100% wees om tussen etenstye by die koshuis die gimnastiek oefening in te werk!”

Die klub bestaan tans uit twee afrigters, Yolande self en Linny Roux wat as lojale reg-terhand en hulpafrigter optree.

“Ons het in 2013 aan kompetisies begin deelneem en het met van die kompetisies tot 40 medaljes huis toe gebring tussen 15 gimnaste.”

Die klub bied tans vlak 1-4 gimnastiek aan, maar sal volgende jaar ook vlak 5 aanbied soos die gimnaste se vaardighede verbeter. “Ons het vinnig gevorder en is baie trots daarop om 24 gimnaste in die Limpo-po-span te hê.”

Die klub staan beslis vir geen ander klub terug nie en spog ook met drie gekwalifi-seerde beoordelaars (Aldea Jones, Sunel van Blerk en Linny Roux) wat hulle uitstekend van hulle taak kwyt en sekermaak dat die standaard gehandhaaf word. Sy moedig ouers van gimnaste in Limpopo aan om die beoordelaarskursusse by te woon. “Ouers is die beste kandidate vir hierdie taak, dit help baie wanneer ons as afrigters die insae van beoordelaars in ons klubs het!”

Yolande is opgewonde oor gimnastiek se toekoms in Suid Afrika, maar voel dat "ons as afrigters nog baie het om te leer." Limpopo se gimnaste hoef vir geen ander provinsies terug te staan nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse senior gimnastiek kampioenskappe vind van 7 tot 10 Oktober (vlak 4 en op) plaas in Gauteng en Swartwater het vier gimnaste wat gaan deelneem.

Sy haal die skrywer Myles Munroe aan en verduidelik dat jou talent die gereedskap is waarmee God jou toegerus het toe hy jou geskape het. “Dit is die ‘gereedskap’ wat ek gebruik om in kinders se lewens te belê,” beaam sy. “My prioriteit lê by die ideale van elke kind in my klub, nie by my besigheid nie.”

“Ek het ’n plan vir elke kind en sal ag-teroorbuig om hom of haar daar te kry – of dit nou by die SA kampioenskappe is of om genoeg selfvertroue te ontwikkel om as indi-vidu aan ’n kompetisie deel te neem.”

Vir Yolande is die mees bevredigende deel van afrigter wees is om ’n kind se trotse tevredenheid te sien wanneer hy of sy ’n kompetisie voltooi het en te sien hoe hulle in hulself en hul vermoëns begin glo. “Hierdie plaaskinders met hulle kaal voete en vuil gesiggies het baie diep in my hart gekruip. Hulle is ongelooflike kinders wat nie terug-staan vir harde werk nie. Hulle waardeer elke dingetjie wat ek vir hulle leer en raak opge-wonde oor nuwe reekse en bewegings wat letterlik soos berge voor hulle lê.”

“Ek dank die Here vir die talent wat hy my gegee het om die kinders te kan leer en ’n verskil in hulle lewens te kan maak,” sê Yolande. “Dankie ook vir die ouers wat sulke fantastiese lojale mense is - ek kan dit nie alleen doen sonder hulle ondersteuning nie.”

Hier is ’n paar woorde van haar gimn-aste wat dit vir haar die moeite werd maak:

“Tannie, ek het nie gedink ek sal dit kan doen nie. Dankie dat tannie my geleer het,” Carike Nel”.

“Coach, ek is nog nie moeg nie, kan ek nog net ‘one time’ probeer,” - Nick Jones

“Ek kry alweer niks reg vandag nie. Help my!” - Leane Botha

“Tannie, my vrou moet eendag soos tan-nie lyk,” Stefanus Malan