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An initiate, Emmanuel Kwete has died while undergoing the initiationprocess at Schoonoord Village near Jane Furse. Kgwete died of compli-cations at the initiation school on Tuesday 28 June. This brings thenumber of initiates who died in Sekhukhune to two.Another 14 year old initiate died on Monday 6 July after developingcomplications. The initiate, from Ga-Maserumule Village was rushed toSt Rita's Hospital in Jane Furse after he developed complications.Unfortunately he died when he arrived at the hospital. Kgoshi MaleselaDikgale of the Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders confirmed toreporters that the schools were having valid operating permits.He said the unfortunate death of the initiates were caused by theirdeteriorating health that they were already having when admitted at theschools. He said sometimes parents fail to take their children for check-

Two initiatesdied in

Sekhukhune

ups before taking them to initiation schools and this cause complica-tions."Kgwete had an unstable mental condition before attending the initia-

tion school. We are very disappointed with thetwo incidents and we appeal to parents to taketheir children for check-ups just before theycan be taken to initiation schools," he said.

Hundreds of poor villagers from Leeuwfontein in Ephraim Mogale LocalMunicipality and surroundings risk their lives by drinking water thatthey fetch near the sewerage system as the municipality fails to providethem with drinkable water. Residents say they never had even a singledrop of clean drinkable water since the dawn of democracy and now theyrisk their lives exposing themselves to diseases such as cholera andbilharzia.They say government officials make promise after promise and theyvanish after the elections. Some residents who fear to contract diseasesare seen on the side of the road pushing wheelbarrows travelling forkilometres coming to fetch water from the river due to water scarcity inthe area.A resident, McDonald Bapela said the municipality promised to installwater tanks around the village but it has been years; they don't keep theirpromise. He said water shortages have been on top of the list in everycommunity meeting but it is not prioritized by both local and districtmunicipalities."We do not have drinking water here. We have to risk our lives fetchingdrinking water from wells near the Leeuwfontein sewerage system dueto water scarcity in the village. Some of us who own vehicles go to othervillages to fetch drinking water for their families. Is a pity to poorresidents who don't have cars because they are urged to fetch drinking

Health complications led to the death of two initiates inSekhukhune.

Government’s empty promises ledto Leeuwfontein residents drinking

sewerage waterwater from these wells. The sewerage system isvery close to the wells and it is obvious that itis sometimes flowing inside these wells whichare the only source of water in the area," he said.Bapela added that the ward councillor is notexplaining to the people why there is a watershortage. The municipality promised to installwater tanks long time ago. He said some of thecommunity members pay to get water from theEphraim Mogale water trucks. He added thatsome residents who get water from the trucksare family and friends to officials in the munici-pality. "The municipality water trucks providethem with water during the night while we aresleeping. We have engaged the municipalityso many times but they can't give us clearanswers," he said.McDonald said they organized communitymeetings to discuss service delivery challengesin the area but the meetings are fruitless afterthe ruling party officials distract them.... story continues on page 2

A Leeuwfontein resident Dinah Malebe fetching drinkingwater from a well near the sewerage system.

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Mr Jan Oosthuizen is the winner of the Groblersdal Build IT Competitionthat was running from the store from May to June. The prize was a oneton trailer with Build It building material worth R30 000-00.The competition was open at Groblersdal Built It only and customerswere entering by spending the amount of R1000-00 in cash and place theirtill slips with their details in the competition entry box at the store.Jan Oosthuizen was very happy to receive the prize and thanked BuildIt Groblersdal for drawing him as the Build It Win a Trailer Competitionwinner.

Jan wins Groblersdal BuildIt Trailer Competition

Groblersdal Build It Floor Manager Pieter Labuschagne(Right) congratulating the Build It Trailer Competition win-ner Jan Oosthuizen.

.... story continues from page 1"They always come to the same venue earlier on the day of the meeting to distract the community giving them T-shirtsand food so that service delivery issues will not be discussed. We don't have water here. Some of the sections still do nothave electricity and our roads are damaged. Nothing seems to be promising that these challenges will be resolved becausethey are not addressed," said McDonald Bapela.He hinted that the community is aware that meeting will be organized in the area because the local government electionis around the corner."We know exactly that they will come to us and make other promises because they just want our votes. It is sad to seeour people be scapegoats of these officials who just use them as a stepping ladder to reach their demands and leave themhanging," he said.Another community member, Simon Monyela told the Dispatch that they are always promised that they will get water soonbut nothing is happening. He said they also were also promised electricity by the ward councillor but still there is noprogress."We had a meeting in April where the ward councillor told us that Leeuwfontein Zone D will be electrified. Unemployedcommunity members were appointed and promised to start working and they are still waiting," he said.He said they were also promised to be provided with clean water by the councillor but only municipal workers gets cleandrinkable water."Water trucks are seen during the night providing water to well-known politicians and municipal workers in the area whilethe poor are left behind. I cannot push a wheelbarrow for a long distance to fetch water because I am old," he concluded.The Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality Communications Manager Jan Phasha told the Dispatch he can only commenton the issue of electricity not water. He said the area is included in this financial year’s IDP Budget for electricity.“We electrified 436 RDP houses in 2012 and we are aware that there has been extension since then. We have been in thearea for our IDP Budget Consultation and the community was informed about the issue of electrifying the area. The bottomline is that the area will be electrified in this financial year,” he said.

Government’s empty promises led to Leeuwfonteinresidents drinking sewerage water

The amount of R6 Million was allocated by the Ephraim Mogale LocalMunicipality to be used to build a bridge at Mopganyaka Village. Nowit was resolved in the council seating that the budget will no longer beused to build a bridge, but it will be used for a Moganyaka Phase 3 AccessRoad. The decision raised questions to community members as the roadhas already a budget that was allocated by the municipality for all phases.The Secretary of Moganyaka Development Forum Jameson Mamabolotold the Dispatch that they went to enquire about the actual amount thatwas allocated for the road but they can’t find clear answers."The Moganyaka Phase 3 Access Road Project was budgeted for andnow the council has decided to use the money that is supposed to usefor to build the bridge that links New Stand and Moganyaka North," said.Mamabolo added that a forum was formed around the area to disturbservice delivery that is meant to benefit the poor."This forum was formed by the ward councillor's allies to benefitunlawfully from the projects. We just heard that they submitted a letterto the council stating that the community says they do not need a bridgeand the road project must be completed instead," he said.He went on and said concerned community members went to themunicipality to investigate but they were told the letter is with the MayorCllr Yvonne Mmakola. "We asked them to show us the contents of theletter but they refused. We know exactly that the Municipal Infrastruc-ture Grant (MIG) has given them a budget for both project," he said.Mamabolo said the bridge is aimed to be used by motorist transportingpupils as the road is not accessible during rainy season."The community is seeing the importance of having the bridge in thearea. We do not know why some other people don't see a need of havingservices that will benefit the community," he said.Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality Communications Manager JanPhasha said it was the community’s decision to direct the budget fromdoing the bridge to complete the road project. He denied that theMoganyaka Phase 3 Access Road was already having a budget.“We received letters from the community informing us that they are inneed of the road rather than the bridge. A meeting was held and theyconfirmed to me and the speaker about their decision and the municipal-ity agreed to stop the bridge project and start with the third phase of theroad,” he said.

R6 Million bridgebudget directed to road

project

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The African Peoples Convention President Themba Godi was expelled after failing to attend thedisciplinary hearing on Sunday 28 June. Godi was replaced by Speelman Kgomo as the newMember of Parliament. However Godi claimed in radio interviews that he is still the party'spresident.Godi was opposed by the party leadership structure to his sell out position and counterrevolutionary remarks he always makes both in Parliament and outside Parliament. He was alsoblamed for trying to remove councillors in various municipality including Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality, Ephraim Mogale and Makhuduthamaga.APC Deputy President Hlabirwa Mathume said they have notified the Parliament and theindependent Electoral Commission about Godi's expulsion. Mathume said a letter has been sentto the Parliament notifying the National Assembly that Speelman Kgomo is will be the newdesignated MP. Mathume said Godi was abusing his powers."It is basically because he failed to show up at a disciplinary hearing on June 28. Allegations arebringing party into disrepute, financial misconduct, failing to comply with constitution. Godi hasbecome so big he thinks he is above the party,” said Mathume.He said Godi's decision of failing to attend the disciplinary hearing led to the party to terminatehis membership with immidiate effect. Mathume added that the party's IEC respondent was alsoreplaced."A letter has been written to the IEC to state that Mr Thomas Mathebula will replace Mr PasekaMoshwaduba as the new contact person in the party. The decision was made in the light of thefact that the legitimacy of the current APC leadership is before the court of law and we thenresolved that Mathebula would be appointed as the new contact person between the IEC and the

Alice Phala, a mother of eight children at Leeuwfontein Village in Ephraim Mogale Ward 9 is stuckin her two roomed shack because she was told by the councillor that she will not get an RDP house.Alice said she realized that her family is at risk after two of her children had to be hospitalizedbecause the family is vulnerable to danger as they do not have a proper shelter."We are living in the two room shack without electricity and use a paraffin stove for cooking. Atfirst one of my children was burned by the stove and I had to rush her to the clinic for treatment.We are overcrowded and not safe in this shack," she said.She said her other child was urged to be rushed to the clinic after drinking paraffin. This made theconcerned nurses to advise her to go to the ward councillor to apply for a RDP house."I went straight to the ward councillor George Makanyane to ask for the RDP house applicationform but he refused. He told me that the area where I am residing is not suitable as it is near thesewerage system. I was surprised because there are too many RDP houses around the area," shesaid.

APC President fired No RDP house for Alice

party," said Mathume. Mathume said they also advised the IEC not toprocess any request that seeks to effect changeson the party's list of the APC in the municipali-ties until after the conclusion of the high court.He said the party received a response from theSecretary of the National Assembly acknowl-edging that they received a letter of Godi'sexpulsion."The Parliament has responded and we werepromised that the matter is currently receivingattention," he said.

Themba Godi was expelled from theAfrican Peoples Convention (APC) bythe party's leadership structure forabusing his powers.

Alice said the coun-cillor told her to moveto another area beforeshe can get a RDPhouse. But to the un-employed mother ofeight, moving to an-other place is too dif-ficult as she has nomoney to relocate."I spent my last moneybuying the place fromthe head man thinkingthat I will spend therest of my life there.Moving to anotherplace will cost me afortune because I haveto build another shackin that area," she said.

The disappointedAlice Phala saysthe ward council-lor denies her anRDP house.

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A group of ten volunteers from Dennillton spend their quality timeensuring that Philadelphia Hospital is clean. The volunteers wererecruited by the hospital's CEO and board members to come and dogeneral work in the hospital, as a result of shortage of staff.According to the Elias Motsoaledi Ward 6 Councillor and also a boardmember, Christopher Mhlanga, the decision came after an idea raised bythe new hospital CEO Mr Mahlwele during a board meeting held recently.He said the CEO realized that the health facility is in shortage of generalworkers and he first came up with the cleaning campaign."Some of the employees who were doing general work in the hospital areon pension and some passed away. The Health Department is taking timeto fill up the vacancies. The hospital was now starting to get dirty andthreatens the health of workers and patients," said Mhlanga.He said cleaning campaigns were organized by the CEO whereby NGOssuch as Mohedic and Vuyani responded positively. That’s when theCEO saw a need of approaching community members who will bevolunteering to clean the hospital on a daily basis."Interviews were held where ten people were appointed with the assist-ance of the same NGOs to sustain the cleanliness of the hospital duringweekdays. The volunteers are currently receiving stipends from thesame NGOs for their daily effort they put in the community work they aredoing every day. Appointing these volunteers have a positive impactin the hospital as you can see from the entrance that the hospital is nowtidy and healthy to serve hundreds of people who come here everyday,"he said.Mhlanga said the cleanliness is also playing an important role in thepatients' life because they are now feeling free when treated in a healthyenvironment. Mhlanga applauded the volunteers and said they encour-age them to keep up the good work."We are lobbying with the Health Department that the volunteers mustbe absorbed and given first priority in future. They are helping a lotgiving their time to help other people and must be considered when thedepartment prepared to fill the vacant general workers positions infuture," he said.

Residents volunteer to get thehospital tidy

The new Eskom Service project has started inFive Morgan, Dennilton. The service point willcater residents from Ntwane to Kwaggafontein.The point will be attending to community is-sues including new meter installations applica-tion and extension reticulation. Prepaid elec-tricity will also be available."The project is currently in phase one where it

The volunteers at Philadelphia Hospital in Dennilton spendtheir time doing general work to ensure that the hospital istidy.

Eskom coming to the peopleis scheduled to be completed at the end ofAugust this year. Hopefully, by Septemberphase one will be completed and people will bestarting getting services," said Elias MotsoalediWard 6 Committee Member who is responsiblefor Local Economic Development (LED) SimonMahlangu.He said at least 39 unemployed people were

appointed for phase one only and more peoplewill be employed in the other phases that will bestarting soon.Simon said sometimes it was taking too long forresidents to be attended to as they had to reporttheir power faults to Eskom in Witbank servicepoint. He said now it will be easier as servicesare getting closer to the people."Eskom personnel will be available at the serv-ice point 24 hours to attend residents’ chal-lenges. This will help in the immediate resolu-tions of people's electrical problems on a dailybasis," he said.He said challenges such as power cuts causedby transformer explosions will be easily re-solved as the service point will also be used asan Eskom depot where some of the neededmaterials such as transformers will be stored.Simon added that the community is alreadybenefiting in terms of job opportunities as 39people are appointed to work in the project."This includes six sub-contractors, skilled andsemi-skilled employees. The second phase ofthe project will be starting in January next yearwhere more local people will be employed," hesaid. He further said that they are still negotiat-ing with Eskom to offer young people aroundMoutse bursaries and scholarships to serve inthe project in the near future.

The new Eskom Service Point underconstruction in Five Morgan, Dennilton.

Construction workers busy on site atthe new Eskom Service Point.

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Happy Tau says the school prin-cipal at Tlou Kwena Senior PhaseSchool in Dennilton bribed herand other SGB member to bepermanently employed in the po-sition. She says they were givenan amount of R12 500-00 each torecommend the principal whowas then acting in the position tobe permanently appointed. Sheis claiming that now the Princi-pal, Mr. Sehlabane is framingthem."We were sometimes told to signfor blank cheques by the princi-pal as we were authorized SGBmembers. Everything was finelast year and we were having agood relationship with the schoolprincipal who was acting at the

The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Coun-cil has condoned the salary adjustment of theMunicipal Manager Minah Maredi. The ad-justment was condoned during a council meet-ing held on Tuesday 30 June in the MunicipalChamber in Groblersdal. Although the opposi-tion parties in the municipality were disputingthe decision, the majority ruled and the munici-pal manager will receive nearly R1.2 Million perannum.The Mpumalanga Party councilors alleged thatsome of the ruling party councilors were notagreeing with the adjustment but they werethreatened to lose their jobs by senior officialsin the municipality."The Mpumalanga Party has reported the mat-ter to the Coghsta MEC in the province and alsoto the minister that proper procedures were notfollowed in the municipal manager's salary ad-justment. The decision is the violation of themaximum salary gazetted (37500 date 29th Mach2014). This clearly stipulates that the salary ofsenior officials in the council should not exceedR984 000-00 per annum," said MpumalangaParty councilor Seun Mogotji.Mogotji said the vacant position of municipalmanager first advertised without any salaryquote in the Sowetan and then the Acting HODfor Coghsta Mr Mkhize informed the Elias

Elias Motsoaledi MM salary condonedMotsoaledi Council on 26 June last year thatthe advertisement of this nature is not allowed.The Elias Motsoaledi Council then spent an-other money to advertise the vacant position inthe Sunday World stipulating the salary appli-cable to the position as being between R765880-00 to R 984 000-00."No sooner than she was appointed on the 31October 2014 mayor was then delegated tonegotiate and finalize remuneration package asper advert, but she never did and the newmunicipal manager then unilaterally increasingher salary with 8% without council’s approval,"said Mogotji.Mogotji said at the time when the position wasadvertised, there were more than qualified andexperienced applicants that would have workedwithin the range of the salary as advertised butthey were not considered."Now the municipal manager is earning morethan 20% of the initial salary advertised, andthis increase being given and awarded to her,at the cost of poor Elias Motsoaledi communi-ties that lack service delivery. Next time whenyou are asked to vote, don’t be fooled yet forthe fifth time as those promises never material-ize. All that matters is what they can derivepersonally out of a situation and nothing less,never caring about the people on the ground

who are suffering without any services," con-cluded Mogotji angrily.Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Spokes-person Mbusi Mahlangu confirmed that theMunicipal Manager's salary adjustment has

been condoned by the council."The salary adjustment of the municipality hasbeen condoned by the council on Tuesday 30June. I can assure you that this is now a closedmatter as the council has spoken," he said.

Former SGB membersaccuse principal for bribery

Former SGB member at TlouKwena Senior Phase Schoolsays the current school princi-pal bribed her and other SGBmembers to get the positionand later dumped them.

time. A post was advertised and he had a meeting with me and other SGBmembers named Happy Tau who was the secretary and Don Mashiloanewho was an additional member. He promised us the amount of R12 500-00 each person coming from the school's account if we recommend himin the interviews. We also sabotaged the school's deputy principal fromgetting the position because we were told by Sehlabane that if werecommend him it will be discovered that we are benefiting unlawfullyfrom the school," she said. She said they agreed and the money was paidto them after putting the principal in the permanent position. But laterafter it was discovered that thousands were missing from the school'saccount, the principal turned against them and said they are the oneswho stole the money. "I agree that we received some of the moneymissing from the school but the principal must be held accountable too.We cannot go down alone whereas we were recruited to steal from theschool by the principal who is framing us today," she said. She said theyalso gave the principal R1000-00 cash each person from the R12 500-00as a golden handshake. She said the cheque book is held by the principaland it was easier for the SGB and the principal to steal the money. "Wewere called in the meeting and told the return cheques have arrived andthere are money shortages. We agreed of being arrested but we weresurprised when the principal was not arrested. Thousands of rands werealso spent on farewell functions and pupils are told to contribute. Thisinvolves the norms and standard budget. It was said in meetings that itis against the law to use the money for unauthorized functions," she said.She further said the issue is currently in court but they are not free as theprincipal is not held accountable after using them as a stepping block andframe them at the end. "We just want justice to be done in this matter.We are feeling sorry and apologize to some of the highly qualifiedcandidates who were supposed to get the position. We are ready to facethe consequences of our action and we also want the principal to payfor what he has done to us," she concluded. The Tlou Kwena SeniorPhase School Principal denies the allegations and told the Dispatch thatthere is nothing like that. "These people are guilty and there is a criminalcase reported against them. I cannot comment any further as the issueis still under investigation by the police," he said.

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A 42 year old male suspect named, Hendrick Aphane, was granted aR500-00 bail after appearing briefly before the Moutse Magistrate'sCourt on Monday 29 June. The suspect was arrested at Malebitsa Villagenear Marble Hall Town on Tuesday 23 June after he was found inpossession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition. "He was arrestedby the members of the police Crime Prevention Unit who were patrollingaround the area at the time. The police stopped their vehicle aftersuspecting the man. He was searched and found with a pistol and five

The Marble Hall Police arrested a 19 year old male suspect for raping a57 year old woman. The suspect was arrested on Sunday 28 June atToitskraal Farm near Marble Hall."The victim was on the way home when she was attacked by thesuspect," said Constable Lethunya Mmuroa, Marble Hall Police Spokes-person.Mmuroa added: "The victim and the suspect know each other and thevictim thought that the suspect was offering to accompany her justbefore the incident happened. Instead the man attacked and overpow-ered the victim, raping her inside the bushes without using a condom,"he said.He said the woman went to open a case at Marble Hall Police Station andthe suspect was nabbed the same day at Tooitskraal Farms."The suspect is expected to appear before the Groblersdal Magistrate'sCourt soon on rape charges," Mmuroa said.Mmuroa appealed to women not to walk alone in unsafe areas such asin the bushes and mountains."People are advised to walk in groups especially during the night andat unsafe places," he said.

A 27 year old woman was arrested for theft anddetained in custody after she allegedly stolethe amount of R20 000-00 in her workplace; oneof the cash in transit security companies aroundMarble Hall, the police said.According to Constable Lethunya Mmuroa,the Marble Hall Police Spokesperson, the sus-pect was caught by CCTV cameras stealing themoney.

Man in dock for unlicensed firearmand ammunition

19 year old arrested forraping a 57 year old

CCTV cameras assist to nab stealing employee

rounds of ammunition," said the Marble HallSAPS Spokesperson Constable LethunyaMmuroa. He said the suspect was denied bailin his first appearance as the police were stillbusy with investigations. "He will appear againsoon at the Moutse Magistrate's Court forpossession of unlicensed forearm and ammuni-tion charges after a further investigation,"

"She was arrested just after she reported on duty on Friday 26 June afterthe CCTV footages showing her stealing the money on 20 June," saidMmuroa.He said the manager noticed that the money was missing and went tocheck on the footages that led to the arrest of the woman."She was seen helping herself with the money by the manager whoimmediately called the police and she was arrested. She will appear in theGroblersdal Magistrate's Court soon. The case of theft is under inves-tigation," concluded Mmuroa.

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The Elias Motoaledi Promotional League’s first round was completed on Saturday 4 July. All the eleven soccer teams thatare taking part in the league have finished playing their first round matches and now they are ready for the second roundkick-off.The Secretary of the Elias Motsoaledi Football Association Mr Jeffrey Mtshweni says the players will not rest as theyare behind schedule at the moment. "We are left behind by other Local Football Association leagues as we wereexperiencing a shortage of soccer fields. We are not going to have a break in order to catch up with other LFA leaguesin Sekhukhune," he said. He said they are also going to start with other league categories including the under-12 and under-17 as soon as the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality has finally cleared the soccer fields in the villages."We were using Tafelkop Stadium for all the Promotional League matches and this was a challenge and delayed some ofthe Promotional League matches that led us to be left behind by other LFA leagues," he said. Jeffrey said they will pushtheir matches and make sure that they play as much games as possible in a week to prepare for the play offs and regionalselections.

Elias Motsoaledi PromotionalLeague, first round completed

"We hope that everything will run smooth this time and we will have a meeting with teams’representatives to register football clubs for other categories including the under-12 and under-17," he added. He said various soccer fields in Sekhukhune will be used for all soccer matchesin the categories. "We would like to thank the municipality for their cooperation after clearing thesoccer fields that will be used to play our league matches," he said.The results of the final matches played on Saturday 4 July are as follows: Brothers FC 5-0 WinterRoses FC, in the second match Milan FC 3-2 Fighters FC and in the last match Valencia defeatedSpartans with a 6-2 score. The final league standings for the Elias Motsoaledi Promotional Leagueis as follows: 1. Brothers FC 25 points, 2. Stadium Tuks FC 23 points, 3. Tiger Boys also with 23points, 4. Milan FC 21 points, 5. Fighters FC 17 points, 6. Valencia FC 16 points, 7. Mohlakeng FC12 points, 8. Winter Roses FC 10 points, 9. Red Stars FC 10 points, 10. All Blacks FC 3 points andat the bottom in number 11 stands Spartan FC with 0 points.

The Korean Martial Arts, Tae Kwon Do has been introduced in Groblersdal Town. This kind ofmartial arts' main focus is self defence and also caters people of different age groups for training.Tae Kwon Do was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean martial artists, asa blend of the indigenous Korean fighting styles. The oldest governing body for Tae Kwon Do is the Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) whichwas formed in 1959 by a collaborate effort by representatives from the nine original kwans, ormartial arts schools, in Korea. The main international organizational bodies for Taekwondo todayare the International Tae kwon Do Federation (ITF), founded by General Choi Hong Hi in 1966.According to Sensei Gerhard Louw, a Tae Kwon Do trainer in Groblersdal, the activity is enjoyableand suitable for both male and female. He said his Dojang (Training Academy) at Bareki Mall in

Tae Kwon Do Training Academynow in Groblersdal

Groblersdal has 16 students who enjoy the Tae Kwon Do trainingsessions."Tae Kwon Do assists to build up a well being of a person in many ways.This includes fitness, self control, muscle toning, reflex, concentrationand the others. Tae Kwon Do actually assists a person to gain physical,mental and emotional strengths. Taekwondo ranks are typically sepa-rated into "junior" and "senior" sections," said Gerhard.He said Tae Kwon Do is suitable for people starting from the age of 5 to60 and caters both male and female. Gerhard said Tae Kwon Do ischaracterized by its emphasis on head height kicks, jumping and spin-ning kicks, and fast kicking techniques."We do our trainings sessions on Mondays and Wednesdays from17:30 to 18:30 at our academy in Bareki Mall, Groblersdal. We really enjoydoing this and we accommodate students with only R200-00 joining fee.The person will then pay only R200-00 per month," he said.

It was a tight match between Fighter FC and Milan FC butMilan ended up winning with a 3-2 and take three pointshome.

Fighters defend-ers were outstand-ing but they wereunfortunate whentheir opponents,Milan FC scoreda winning goal inthe last minutesof the match.

The students of the Korean Martial Arts called Tae Kwon Doat their training academy in Bareki Mall, Groblersdal Town.

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Dennilton SAPS FC hosted Kirkvorsfontein Rovers FC for a Sports Against Crime friendly soccermatch on Wednesday 1 July. The match was played at Philadelphia Sports Grounds in Dennilton.The host started the match by putting pressure and scored an early goal in the 11th minute byNico, a close range in the box sending the goalie to the wrong way. After the goal the host kepton pressuring and nearly scored a second goal a few minutes later by Bongo who penetrated thedefenders but his shot rebounded on the goalie and became a corner.The corner was taken inside the box and the host ran out of luck again when Nico's shot was clearedby a defender on the goal line. Rovers started shooting from a distance trying to beat the goaliebut failed to hit the target when their shot went wide. Dennilton SAPS' Nico had another chanceafter a square pass played into the box, his free header went wide in the goalkeeper's absence.Rovers made a come back towards the 30th minute when playing good passes in the mid-field andstarted attacking but were denied scoring by the solid Dennilton SAPS defenders. The hostextended the lead in the 32nd minute when Nicolas countered and scored an easy goal in closerange after defenders tried to play a off side trap, 2-0 it was to Dennilton SAPS.After the goal the visitors started attacking from the sides using position 7 and 11 and played goodpasses to their strikers but their chances were ruined when they were caught off side by the refereeafter some of their players were moving too soon. This led to a 50/50 ball possession match forboth teams.Just before the end of the first half, Nico had another chance when the ball slipped in thegoalkeeper's hands to find him in a good position inside the box, his shot was denied by a defenderin the goalie's absence. The first half ended 2-0 to Dennilton SAPS.In the second half the host started the match pressuring the visitors demanding to score moregoals. A third goal for SAPS was scored by Mandla "Matlaba" Magagula, a hanger inside thebox leaving the goalie with no chance to make the score 3-0 to his side. After Matlaba's beautifulgoal, the host continued playing good passes and dominate the match.In the 64th minute, the host scored a fourth goal by Bongo, a beautiful goal when the DenniltonSAPS striker countered dribbled and penetrated four Rovers defenders and sent the goalie to thewrong way, 4-0 it was to the host. After scoring the fourth goal in the match, the host started to

Sports Against Crime friendly soccer match

slower their pace and stopped attacking. The visitors made a good comeback and scored their first goal by Bongani Nkonyana, a finisher insidethe box after a counter played with team mates, 4-1 it was. The visitorscontinued playing good attacking entering the box demanding a secondgoal but they were denied by the defenders and golkeeper.The visitors continued dominating and managed to score a second goalin the 74th minute by Dumisani Sithole, a close range inside the box aftera Dennilton SAPS defender passed a ball to a opponent that led them tobe punished, 4-2 it was on the score board.Towards the 80th minute, the host started to play well after makingsubstitutions. They managed to score a fifth goal by Kgodiseng, a closerange inside the box after a counter attack, 5-2 it was.The match ended 5-2 to Dennilton SAPS FC defeating KirkforsfonteinRovers FC in a Sports Against Crime friendly soccer match.

Dennilton SAPSm i d - f i e l d e rMandla 'Matlaba'Magagula on hisway to score athird goal for hisside.

Saying that the fun walk was fun is an understatement. More than 100participants went all out with creative and hilarious costumes, singingand dancing all the way at Dennilton during a Fun Walk organized bythe Ndlovu Care Group. Participants displayed banners and placards insupport of the Ndlovu Research Studies towards creating awarenessand urging participation from the community around the area. Needless to say, the community was caught up in the festivities andflocked to the roadside, urging the walkers on to join the group who wasparticipating to promote a healthy lifestyle. At the end point, the NdlovuResearch Consortium and Ring Study gazebos with consultants wereready and waiting for information sharing. This included participants todo HIV/AIDS Counselling and Testing. Participants were also encour-aged to do screenings as potential participants for the research studiesthat are in progress and planned.

Community FunWalk organized

by Ndlovu

Moutse community members participating in a Fun WalkCampaign organized at the Ndlovu Care Group.