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Grandmother (53)detained for murder

Lizzy Bapela

A 53-year old grandmother from Bela-Belais expected to appear before the Bela-BelaMagistrate’s Court on a charge of murdershortly.

The incident occurred on Saturday, 27June. Bela-Bela police spokesperson,Constable Maria Maleto, said that thewoman went to a tavern with her boyfriend,Aaron Chume (56). According to theinformation received by the police, the manbegan flirting with another woman,infuriating his girlfriend.

According to Constable Maleto, thecouple then had an argument, which endedin the woman allegedly assaulting Chumewith a wooden object and accusing him oftrying to cheat on her.

According to the police, the woman thatChume had been flirting with joined in onthe assault, and hit Chume with a stick.

Chume sustained severe head injuries andwas rushed to the hospital. From the Bela-Bela Hospital he was transferred to thePolokwane Provincial Hospital, where hedied from his injuries.

Constable MariaMaleto with thesuspect. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Local taxi service calls ahalt, passengers left stranded

Lizzy Bapela

A disagreement between rival taxiassociations devolved into a trafficshutdown between Bela-Bela and Ngobithis week.The Warmbaths Taxi Association

(WATA) ceased operations at all their taxiranks in town and the township onTuesday, 7 July, following a“misunderstanding” between them and theNgobi Taxi Association. WATAspokesperson, Israel Molusi, said that theaction was a sequel to a similar incidentby their counterparts, who evicted all theirtaxis at Ngobi on Monday, 6 July. Headded that the Ngobi Association gatheredall the WATA taxis together, including theones transporting passengers between thearea and Bela-Bela, and gave them ordersto stop operations. In return, WATA shutdown the Bela-Bela taxi ranks onTuesday, 7 July.“We tried talking to them this morning

about the matter. They refused to hear usout even after we called the police in tointervene. After seeing that our attemptsto stop a seemingly erupting war andmaintaining the peace failed, we decidedit was time rreciprocate and stoppedoperations, blocking any incoming oroutgoing taxi from Ngobi’s side,” saidMolusi. “Drivers from both associationsnearly fought each other over the issue butthe police in attendance were on alert forany suspicious acts. After hours of tryingto come to a solution, the Ngobi executivefinally agreed to meet with us and discussmatters further.”“We came to an agreement that a proper

meeting should take place at theCyverskuil Community Hall onWednesday, 8 July, although the Ngobiexecutive refused to have police fromlocal areas present, demanding to meet

with those on provincial level,” saidMolusi.He added that no vehicle from Bela-Bela

took passengers to Ngobi on Tuesday, 7July and WATA transported passengersusing taxis operating locally so that theycould not be stranded. He further said thatHammanskraal also transported theirpassengers to the area as they were alsoforbidden to operate in that area. Headded that no serious fighting took placeand no injuries were reported, and policewere on alert at all times.The BEAT interviewed vendors

operating outside the rank, as well asstranded passengers who were confusedabout the situation. Several did not knowwhat was going on and were worriedabout getting home later. Some of the vendors indicated that they

were affected as most of them had to packup their merchandise because there wasno business. One vendor said that eventhough the problem was between the taxisand not the rest of the staff, they all haveto show support to their colleagues asthey are from the same association.Passengers standing outside the taxi rank

said that the matter was disturbing, sayingthat WATA should not have stopped thelocal operations as that did not haveanything to do with the problems. Theyadded that it was frustrating for them tohave to be affected by the problem as theproblems are between the associationsand should not affect passengers.Molusi told The BEAT in the afternoon of

the incident that everything had gone back tonormal and operations resumed.He also said that the law enforcement in

charge reasoned with them and maintainedpeace. These include members of the SAPSfrom Modimolle’s Public Order Policing andpolice stations such as Bela-Bela, Bedwangnear Lebotlwane, Cyverskuil, Brits andtraffic officers from Moretele station.

WATA stoppedoperations at alltheir taxi rankswithin theiroperating area.Photo: LizzyBapela

Localmedic diesin crash

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The suspect was arrested on Thursday, 2July for murder. She was originally toappear in court on Monday, 6 July, but herappearance was postponed to Monday, 14July, for formal bail application.

Detectives’ Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla, said that the victim’sfamily had been surprised not to see him forseveral days, and had begun to search forhim. When their search reached thehospital, they were told about the incidentand notified that Chume had been moved toPolokwane.

The family checked up on his condition inPolokwane, and immediately reported thematter to the police.

Constable Maleto said that the frequencyof domestic violence cases has escalatedalarmingly in Bela-Bela recently. She urgedthe community to report any cases of abuseto the police.“We have the Victim EmpowermentProgramme at the station, a unit SAPSsocial workers and counsellors are placedon site 24 hours a week, who will assist insuch matters. People need not to diebecause of relationship or stress relatedissues,” she said.

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Local EMS dies in accidentTK Mashaba

An emergency responder overturned hisvehicle and died on the scene on his way tofetch a patient from FH Odendaal Hospitalin order to transport her to Mankweng onSaturday, 4 July,

David Moeketsi, originally from Tladistadoutside Hammanskraal but currently livingin Bela-Bela and stationed with theModimolle EMS, passed away on thescene.

He had left the EMS offices for FHOdendaal Hospital to fetch the patient andtransport them to Mokopane’s Mankwenghospital, but was involved in an accidentonly a few miles away from the office.

According to Modimolle Police

spokesperson Warrant Officer JamesFindlay the cause of the accident is stillunknown.

“At the moment, it is still not known whatthe cause of the accident was, but policeare still investigating the case,” he said.

Modimolle District Department of Healthcommunication officer Molobi Malatjiesaid that it is a sad loss for the HealthDepartment as a whole.

“Moeketsi was just a humblehardworking man who joined the EMS in2006,” he said.

He also said that he did his AACertificate in 2010 and was a member ofthe Methodist Church in Bela-Bela.

His memorial service was expected to beheld at Bela-Bela Community Hall onThursday, 9 July from 10:00.

The wreck inwhich Moeketsiwas killed.Photo supplied

Retail business robberysuspects in court

Three of the seven suspects who were onthe run following business robberies atretail shops in Bela-Bela appeared beforethe local magistrate’s court on Tuesday, 30June.

Bela-Bela detectives’ commanderLieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla said thatthe suspects were arrested at Viljoenskroonin the Free State on Thursday, 25 June. Headded that the police in the area suspectedthem for using a stolen vehicle and madefollow ups on the matter, resulting in theirinvestigations revealing that they werewanted in Bela-Bela.

One of the cases that the suspects wereinvolved in include a robbery at EdgarsActive in April and Markham’s a whilebefore. The suspects were nabbed during a

Lizzy Bapelapatrol by Cluster Task Team members in theCBD, conducted in order to control thecrime situation in the area. Warrant OfficerSello Mangana led the patrol and expressedgratitude towards his colleagues for thebreakthrough. He highlighted thatcommunity’s involvement in crimecombating always bear fruitful results.

The suspects allegedly first pretended tobe customers in the store before holding thestaff hostage and stealing clothing andcellphones, which they loaded into theirgetaway vehicle, which they were drivingwhen the Free State police put a trace onthem.

Two of the suspects were arrested during abreak-in at Edgars Active and appeared incourt on 28 April and 12 May, while theothers fled the scene and have been on the runsince. The arrested suspects were remanded incustody following their appearance.

Bela-Bela policeworked hard tocrack the case.Photo: LizzyBapela

Thabazimbi Police have opened case docketsof business robbery and are busy withinvestigations after unknown criminalsrobbed two fuel garages in the area on thenight of Sunday, 21 June.

Police spokesperson Constable MoshiraModise said that two males entered the shopat BP Garage at about 22:30 and bought fivechewing gums and left. She added that a fewhours later the suspects came back andordered the employees on duty to lie downand took the cashier to the till, were theyrobbed the garage of an amount of R10 000.The suspects were armed and fled the sceneon foot. No arrests have been made so far.

In the second incident two other malesentered a shop at Engen Garage at about02:00 in the morning, one of them wearing ablue jacket carrying a red bag, while an

Criminals rob two fuelgarages in Thabazimbi

Lizzy Bapelaattendant was assisting to fill their vehiclewith R300 petrol outside.Modise said that the suspects pointed the

cashier with firearms and demanded all themoney in the till, which amounted just overR3 600. She added that the cashier was alsoinstructed to lie down and the suspects tookback the R300 supposed for paying petrolbefore it could even reach the till.“The suspects put the money inside their

bag and also stole other items such as biltongand 20 packets of cigarettes and the totalamount of the stolen items including themoney is estimated to be R4 500. Thesuspects drove off with a silver grey BMWand the car registration is still unknown,”said Modise.According to the police, the suspects match

the description of the suspects that robbedBP Garage. The police appeal to the publicto assist for the success of the investigationthat could lead to the arrest of the suspects.

EFF leader accused of‘selling out’

Lizzy Bapela

Members of the Economic FreedomFighters’ (EFF) in Bela-Bela’s Ward 4 areaccusing their chairperson LasiMaswanganyi of selling them out.The members said this on their court date,

Tuesday, 30 June, which was in connectionwith a trespassing incident at a privatelyowned land in the area.The members said that Maswanganyi has

not been honest with them on manyoccasions and this resulted in them notbeing able to trust him anymore. Theconsequences allegedly include the arrest of36 people who invaded a farm belonging toHerman Kgwadi.One of the leaders of the group,

Sunday Modikwe, said that the absence ofMaswanganyi during the time when theywere trying to present a united front at courtshowed that he was no longer part of theirstruggle.Sello Mosweu and Maswanganyi had a

second charge of public violence added totheir case. Mosweu told The BEAT that hewas unlawfully arrested and assaulted byColonel William Ngobeni, while anotherleader Neo Moloko said Kgwadi alsoassaulted him and injured his manhood.Mosweu said that he consulted the doctor

following the assault and a case wasopened.Mosweu, Moloko and Modikwe said that

Kgwadi and his lawyer asked them to dropa case of assault against him and theyrefused.Moloko will be appearing again in court

on Thursday, 30 July, while the rest of thesuspects will appear on Wednesday, 15 July.The three leaders said that they call forprogressive forces to support them throughthe court cases as they are fighting for themasses. They added that the struggle tograb the land continues and they will ensurethat the community’s needs are attended to.In his response, Maswanganyi said that the

allegations must be valid and the peopleaccusing him must reveal the names ofthose buying their loyalty.He added that people must be aware that

there is a visible division within the partyand things got worse when the EFFleadership from region, province andnational praised him for securing land forthe needy and establishing Malema View.He also said that then, the group led by

Moloko, Modikwe and Mosweu grabbedthe wrong land and now they are beingcalled to account after people lost theirbelongings as a result. He further said thattheir leadership does not support divisionwithin members but are all for solidarity.

EFF members are accusing Ward 4 chairperson Lasi Maswanganyi of selling themout. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Woman nearly steps on ametre-long puff adder

A resident from Bela-Bela had the fright ofher life when he had a narrow encounter witha snake at her home. Charmaine Griesel, aresident of Bospoort outside Bela-Bela wasdriving into the garage of her home andnearly stepped on the head of a metre-longpuff adder as she left her vehicle.

“When I got home, I got out of my car andsuddenly heard a loud hissing noise. I wasvery shocked to see this snake in my garagebecause I thought that snakes hibernatedduring winter,” she said.

Griesel said that she tried frantically tomove the snake out of her home, but itinsisted on coming inside.

She said that it was only when Rian Karlitz,

This rather thick puff adder was found at the home of a Bela-Bela resident.Photo supplied

an acquaintance, offered to collect thesnake that she could relax.

“I was scared and when I wasn’t hidinginside my house, I was inside my garagetrying to move out the snake.”

Karlitz said that the puff adder was notbeing aggressive and was most likely onlylooking for a warm place to sleep. Accordingto research, puff adders are said to have thefastest strike of any snake in the world,although mostly they are quite sedate. Theirvenom is highly toxic to humans and if leftuntreated could lead to death. Whenfrightened, the snakes will coil up and puffthemselves out to look as big as possible.

The danger with puff adders is that they areexcellently camouflaged. Puff adders have achevron pattern in their scales and tend to bemostly olive green and brown in colour.

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Parking meters nolonger working

Justin Steyn

Less than two years after their installationwas completed, none of the Park and Payparking metres in Chris Hani Road areoperational anymore. The meters were installed in October 2013

and apparently cost R1 million to procureand install. At the time the municipalspokesperson, Matome Sebelebele, said thatthe parking meters had been installed tosupply additional revenue to themunicipality. He also said that themunicipality was consulting with shoppingcentres around town to install boom gates toregulate and order parking.This never happened.During a recent council meeting the

Acting Head of the Department for SocialCommunity Services, TJ Mothapo,admitted that the meters were no longerfunctional and that car guards are onceagain becoming more numerous in thetown’s Central Business District.“The parking metres in the town’s CBD are

no longer operational,” Mothapo said. “Wehave also received many complaints about carguards, some of whom have even gone so faras to force motorists to pay them for lookingafter their vehicles.”Mothapo said that a meeting with the Bela-

Bela police is expected to take place shortly,which will be aimed at regularly monitoringthe situation to avoid serious injury and crime.The municipal spokesperson, Matome

Sebelebele, could not be reached forcomment.

Parking meters in Bela-Bela have notbeen functioning for some time andresidents say this has been a waste oftaxpayer’s money. Photo: Justin Steyn

Leeupoort axe attackers get 20 years

The case against axe attackers TrymoreMunetsi and Peter Sithole came to an end on24 June.The two men appeared in the Bela-BelaMagistrate’s Court where they were convictedfor the attack on Leeupoort residents, Manie deBeer and Rachel Groenewald, at their home inLeeupoort in February last year.The couple were tied up during the attack by

five men and brutally tortured. One of the menwas shot and killed during a shootout with theRooiberg police upon their arrival. BothMunetsi and Sithole were arrested momentsafter fleeing the scene.At their last court appearance Magistrate,

Theuns Prinsloo found Munetsi and Sithole’sgave false testimony to their case and that allevidence pointed out that the men haddeliberately entered the couple’s premises withthe intent to murder them.Prinsloo sentenced the attackers to 20 years in

imprisonment, five for house-breaking and 15for attempted murder. Groenewald said that the couple can sleep

peacefully for the first time in over a year.“I am satisfied with the verdict and I hope

Justin Steyn they do not come out earlier for goodbehaviour,” she said.Munetsi and Sithole are currently at the Kgosi

Mampuru II prison in Pretoria. Munetsi facesother charges related to house burglary andtheft.

Manie de Beer was badly woonded afterthe axe attack at Leeupoort.

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Fire fighterFire fighterFire fighterFire fighterFire fighters ready for the 20s ready for the 20s ready for the 20s ready for the 20s ready for the 20111115 fire season5 fire season5 fire season5 fire season5 fire seasonWorking on Fire (WoF), the Departmentof Environmental Affairs’ programme tohelp fight veld and forest fires, has beenhard at work throughout the province,during the past two months as itprepared its fire fighters for the 2015Winter Fire Season.

The 2015 Winter Fire Season officiallystarted on 1 June 2015 and will continueto the end of November. In Limpopo, theprogram was officially launched on 4May 2015 during the International FireFighter’s Day event. This was done dueto the dryness of the grass and due to theveld fires that were experienced in theProvince.

Almost 660 fire fighters in the programstationed at 36 bases across the provincein all the five district municipalitiesrecently underwent the Yellow CardTraining Camp in order to refresh theirfirefighting skills and knowledge andalso to have their fitness level assessed.These fire fighters have been deployedacross the province to reduce thepersonal and economic harm caused byunwanted fires. These ground forces willbe well supported by the WoF aerial

Lizzy Bapelasupport teams which are made up ofthree spotter planes and three helicopterswhich will be based at Bela-Bela andother areas in other parts of theprovince.

“Many specialists expect that there willbe an increased risk of veld and forestfires, given the current long term ofweather forecast for the country’s winterfire season in provinces,” said WoFLimpopo spokesperson MatemaGwangwa.

“The 2014 Winter Fire Season was theworst in 7 years and WoF fire fightersresponded to 2700 fires which causeddamage to about 1.1 million hectares ofveld, vegetation and fynbos across thecountry. WoF’s aircraft flew 2600 hours,providing aerial firefighting support toground teams. Through our partnershipwith Provincial Disaster ManagementCentres’, Fire Protection Associations,SANParks, various private and publiclandowners and local municipalities, wewill be able to respond quickly inrendering a highly skilled veldfiresuppression service, which is unparalleledanywhere in the province,” she said.

Gwangwa further highlighted that WoFhas dispatched 34 teams to 34 fires acrossthe province since 1 May 2015.

Working on Fire Limpopo uses the Yellow Card Training Camp in order to refreshfire fighters’ firefighting skills and knowledge. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Water shortage problem in Thabazimbi has been addressed

The water shortage situation remains achallenge to Anglo American Platinum’shost communities in and aroundThabazimbi, Schilpadnest (Smash-Block),Mantserre and Ramokokastad villages,including the community of Amandelbult.The company’s operations have also been

affected by the crisis and gone withoutwater during these difficult times. AngloAmerican Platinum has joined forces withthe Thabazimbi Local Municipality,Magalies Water Board and Kumba IronOre to assist in providing water to thesurrounding communities. Communitymembers are fetching water from thesource near the primary school inSchilpadnest.Thabazimbi Municipal spokesperson

Joshua Motsomane said that the problem isthat the total supply from Magalies WaterBoard was 8 megaliters a day and this hasdropped to 4.5, leaving a shortage of 3.5megaliters that Anglo American Platinumis trying to source. He added that thecompany has developed a number ofinterventions in making up for the lost 3.5megaliters a day, reduced its MagaliesWater demand at the operations so that 1.5megaliters a day go back to thecommunity, and restored some boreholesin the community to generate an extra 2megaliters a day.“In completed community projects, steps

have been taken to improve water supplyto our communities and that includepipeline and Group 12 boreholes projectthat were completed in 2014 at a cost ofR5, 7 million and funded in partnershipwith the Thabazimbi Local Municipality.Anglo American Platinum has deployedfour water trucks which are supplying

Anglo American Platinum at R20 millionand will be completed by June 2016; andrepairing the breakdown at the Vaalkopwater purification plant which resulted inthe Elandsfontein reservoir level goingbelow 10%.“We are currently in the process of

assessing the three boreholes which arenon-functional in Ramokokastad village torestore them. Through the current Socialand Labour Plan, Amandelbult Mine is inthe process of implementing the Water andSanitation project. The community of over18 000 people at Schilpadnest will benefitfrom two reverse osmosis plants and onewaste water treatment plant which is beingconstructed. A water treatment plant hasbeen planned for the Schilpadnestcommunity to supply drinking water. Thewater project at Schilpadnest includes theprovision of water containers, a tractor anda truck for the distribution of water to thevillage,” Motsomane added.Anglo American Platinum pledged its

commitment to using water resourcesefficiently by reducing, re-using andrecycling; achieving its water targets; andprotecting water quality resources andmanaging water quality within theoperations. This commitment is shared byother stakeholders in ensuring that thewater situation is managed to restore thedignity of host communities.They said that all the stakeholders are

encouraged to work together in preservingwater, a scarce but essential resource. Themine encouraged people to use watersparingly and contribute positively to thecause.Tumela Mine’s General Manager William

Taylor said that their mine will continue tocollaborate with all stakeholders on issuesof Water through the Broader StakeholderLeadership Development.

Lizzy Bapela

LEDA seeks to up Export Development in WaterbergJustin Steyn

Spokesperson for the Thabazimbi Local Municipality Joshua Motsomane.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

water at intervals to Regorogile Extensions1 to 6, Thabazimbi town, Mmebane Hosteland Ipelegeng Section. As a corporatesocial investment (CSI) project, thecommunity of Mantserre was assisted withthe repair and installation of two newwater pumps to improve the supply ofwater to the village,” said Motsomane.

Community projects that are inprogress include an upgrade of thechlorination systems, pump station andbulk pipeline which were funded byKumba Iron Ore at R24 million andwas scheduled for completion by May2015; upgrades on the bulk pipelineand at the reservoir which is funded by

The Limpopo Economic DevelopmentAgency (LEDA) is planning increaseexport development in Waterberg. Thiswill be conducted by a series ofworkshops held in two of itsmunicipalities in July.

The LEDA said it will invite localbusinesses to participate in theworkshops in Thabazimbi and Bela-Bela.

According to the local economic

development officer of Bela-Bela, SephaloMokgohloa, the LEDA is seeking registeredcompanies that have been trading for aminimum of two years and have the capacityand potential to export. Mokgohloa said that

the workshops are a means for governmentto increase trade and investment forbusinesses in Limpopo.“Currently, government is looking for ways

to increase its import sand exports in

Mokgohloas@belabela.gov.co.za or contact him on(014) 736 8050

Limpopo. This will also growinfrastructure and create jobopportunities,” he said.Mokgohloa said that the workshops will

also aid in providing more exports andfinancial growth to the rest of the countryas it aids to an intervention of support tothe private sector.He invites local entrepreneurs who

would like to take part in this workshopto contact him via e-mail atMokgohloas@belabela.gov.co.za orcontact him on (014) 736 8050

Tel: (011) 447-1264/5/6

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PHOTO ofthe WEEK

Lizzy Bapela

Six soccer teams from Bela-BelaCouncillor Freddy Hlungwani’s Ward 4will be battling itout for the topposition in theCouncillorHlungwaniSoccerTournament thisyear.

The tournamentwill kick off onSaturday, 11July, and end onSunday, 26 Julyat the Zone 14soccer fields.The prizesinclude R3 000in cash, soccerkit, gold medals,bags, and atrophy. Thetournament’ssecond placeteam will receiveR2 000, silvermedals and kit;while the third-place team willreceive R1 000,bronze medals, four soccer balls, andwater bottles.

The councillor said that he founded thetournament with the objective ofgathering the youth from the ward andsurrounding areas together in aneducational safe space to protect them

Real men don’t rape

There is something terribly wrong inthe world. It’s not a new thing —such records as have survived tell usthat as far back as ancient Egypt,men were executed for rape.

Of course back then, they wereexecuted.

These days, many prefer to blamethe victim. “Oh, but she shouldn’thave been drinking,” they will say.“She was asking for it, wearing sucha short skirt.”

Of course she was. Everyoneknows women secretly want to beraped, don’t they? And of coursethose cases of elderly women andlittle children being raped…theywere asking for it too, weren’t they?Everyone knows little girls areterrible flirts andgrandmothers…well, we all knowwhat they are like.

If you read that last sentence andwinced a little and thought ‘ofcourse not, don’t be stupid,’ then youare guilty of not following a chain oflogic to its end.

Women do not ask to be raped.Old women do not ask to be

raped.Little girls do not ask to be

raped.Teenagers do not ask to be raped.Drunk women do not ask to be

raped.The point is that nobody asks to

be raped.The point is that women do not

decide when rape will occur.It is frankly ridiculous to say to a

woman ‘don’t go out late at night.’Less than six months ago TheBEAT reported on the case of awoman who was raped in her ownhome, by a man who climbed inthrough a window.

So we tell women not to wearrevealing clothes. Really? Womenhave been raped wearing abayas,they have been raped wearing thehijab. They have been rapedwearing jeans and long skirts andshort skirts.

Clothing does not determinewhen a woman will be raped.Nothing a woman can do, short ofkilling herself before it canhappen, determines whether shewill be raped.

Animals are the ones who decidewhen rape will happen. Not men,and not women. These animalswho walk among us and think thatthey can take what they want whenthey want it, these predators whothink that they have some kind ofright to rape…they are the oneswho determine when a woman willbe raped.

One out of three South Africanwomen will be sexually assaultedor raped in her life, and that’s thelow estimate.

Ladies and gentlemen, it lookslike the animals are winning.

Klaas Mabunda writes: My dearcomrade, brother and friend, MphoDube.

The article written by yourself inThe Sunday Independent, dated 5July 2015, encouraged my focus injotting this piece of opinion.

Dube, for a while now I have readclosely your work, whichinsinuated that you are that oneperson which the ANC can do with,for the ANC needs to criticized bycritics who carries around withthem immediate solutions toidentified weaknesses andchallenges, some important tool oforganizational existence yourcriticism lacks.

Importantly, it should be notedthat I too, miss the wisdom andleadership of Cassel Mathale.

Although unfortunate, theleadership tenures are bound to bedifferent, so is in their approachesand actualities, thus, like you, I amdevastated to observe themembership deterioration, asituation to be blamed on us themembers, who chose to not torenew our membership, or evenwho silently and mischievouslykept quiet and decided not toremind or caution others of thelapsing of their membership,something which cannot be blamedon the PEC.

Rule 23.1 of the constitution ofthe ANC states that: “Everymember of the ANC shall belong toa branch, which is the basicstructure of the organisation.”

This is supportive to myconviction that we cannot blamethe PEC mainly, although it mightbe failing in its oversight role.

The Oath I know you also signed,unless you did so without readingit, or if you did, you did so withoutcomprehension, has in it thefollowing statement: “I will placemy energies and skills at thedisposal of the Organisation andcarry out tasks given to me, that Iwill work towards making the ANCan even more effective instrumentof liberation in the hands of thepeople, and that I will defend theunity and integrity of theOrganisation and its principles, andcombat any tendency towardsdisruption and factionalism.”

I am not saying that we should notcriticise the ANC, what I am sayingis that the damage we have done tothe ANC through the media isenough, we are at the verge ofburying what has been our platformfor everything, therefore, let us riseand use internal platforms to echoour views.

I know that in your line of duty,sarcasm is principal, but for thesake of your love to and on theANC, please consider its fate.

Edited for lengh - Ed.

SABC1 sports analyst Kwena Moabelo with Sibusiso Vilakazi of Kaizer Chiefsadvising players during a gala dinner at CSIR Convention Centre in Tshwane onThursday. Photo: TK Mashaba

LETTERTO THEEDITOR

May2015

Excellent prizes for 2015 CouncillorHlungwani soccer tournament

from negative habits.The tournament will also be the scene

of motivational talks and formaladdresses as a means of educating theyoung people who take part in the

tournament,inspiring themto makesomething ofthemselves.

The event willbe graced bysoccer legendsfrom thePremier SoccerLeague such asformerMamelodiSundowns starsKatlego Mositoand FireMasilela, formerOrlando Piratesstar AubreyLekwane andsome others whoare still toconfirm theirattendance.

CouncillorHlungwanethanked thetournament’ssponsors.

He said that the tournament, now inits third year, is growing every year andwill remain in existence for years tocome.The councillor also thanked teams

that have been taking part in thecompetition throughout its existence.

Lizzy Bapela

The former mayor of Bela-Bela andCouncillor for Ward 4, FreddyHlungwane. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Notice is hereby given to allwhom it may concern that interms of clause 23 of theabove-mentioned Scheme, I(Full name) MOLOATOAPIET intends applying to theModimolle LocalMunicipality for consent to:Tuckshop on (Property andsuburb) 4753 LegwabeStreet also known as (Street

name and number) situatedin an Residential 1 zone.(Example: Residential 1,Business4 etc.)Any objection, with thegrounds therefor, shall elodged with or made inwriting to: The DivisionalManager, Town Planning:Groun Floor, ModimolleMunicipal Building, PrivateBag x1008, Modimolle,0510, within 28 days of thepublication of theadvertisement in the localnewspaper viz:Full particulars and plans (ifany) may be inspectedduring normal office hours(08:00 - 13:00 and 13:45 -15:00) at theabovementioned office for aperiod of 28 days of thepublication of theadvertiseent in the localnewspaper.

Closing date for objections:Applicant street and postaladdress:4753 Legwabe StreetModimolle0510. (03&10/07).

AMENDMENT SCHEMEI, J. J. ENGELBRECHT(full name) being the owner/authorized agent of theowner of erf/erven/portion(s)845/10 4 Rupert Streetcomplete description ofproperty as set out in titledeed) hereby give notice interms of section56(1)(b)(i)of the Town-planning andTownships Ordinance, 1986(Ordinance 15 of 1986), thatI have applied to theModimolle LocalMunicipality for theamendment of the town-planning scheme inoperation known as

Modimolle Land UseScheme 2004, by therezoning of the property(ies)described above, situated at4 Rupert Street fromResidential 1 to Business 1Particulars of the applicationwill lie for inspection duringnormal office hours at theoffice of: The Divisional:Town Planning, GroundFloor, Modimolle Building,Field Street, Modimolle, fora period of 28 days from (thedate of first publication ofthis notice). Objections toor representations in respectof the application must belodged with or made inwriting to the DivisionalManager: Town Planning atthe above address or atPrivate Bag x1008,Modimolle, 0510, within aperiod of 28 days from (thedate of first publication of

this notice).Address of owner/authirizedagent:(Physical as well as postaladdress)4 Rupert StreetModimolle0510P.O. Box 829Modimolle0510Telephone: 082 320 8289.(03&10/07).

NOTICE“It should be noted thatKGOTSO GABRIELKUTUMELA intendsmaking application to theCommissioner of CIPC, forthe re-instatement ofSENKHOMO GENERALTRADING (2009/212875/23)It should further be notedthat any objection to theapplication must be filedwith the Commissioner ofCIPC within twenty one (21)days of the date ofpublication hereof.”

NOTICE OF SALE INEXECUTION

IN THE HIGH COURT OFSOUTH AFRICA

(GAUTENG DIVISION,PRETORIA) CASE NO:

55993/2013In the matter between:STANDARD BANK OF SALIMITED Plaintiff andSEFULARA MARTINMAIFALA ID: 471206 5511087 1st DefendantRAMDIMETJA TRYPHINAMAIFALA ID: 640610 0574089 2nd DefendantIn execution of a judgementof the High Court of SouthAfrica (Gauteng Division,

Pretoria) in theabovementioned suit, a salewithout reserve will be heldby the Sheriff Modimolle at20 Arhmed Kathrada Street,Modimolle on Tuesday, 28July 2015 at 11H00 of theundermentioned property ofthe defendants sunject to theconditions of sale which areavailable for inspection atthe offices of the SheriffModimolle, 20 ArhmedKathrada Street, Modimolle,tel.: 014 717 3065.Erf 914 Vaalwater Extention1 townshipRegistration Division: K.R.,Limpopo ProvinceMeasuring: 394 (three ninefour) square metresHeld by deed of transfer:T132841/1998Subject to the conditionstherein contained alsoknown as : Erf 914Vaalwater Ext 1The following information isfurnished with regard toimprovements on theproperty although nothing inthis respect is guaranteed:This property consists of: 3Bedrooms, 1 bathroom, 1toilet, kitchen, lounge, diningroom, garageZoning: ResidentialThe Execution Creditor,Sheriff and/or Plaintiff’sAttorney does not give anywarranties with the regard tothe description and/orimprovementsDated at Pretoria on 22 July2015.T. DE JAGERHACK STUPEL & ROSSAttorneys for Plaintiff2Nd Floor, Standard BankChambersChurch Square, Pretoria

REF: T12703/HA10642/TDE JAGER/KarenBTel: 012 325 4185.

MODIMOLLE LANDUSE SCHEME, 2004

Notice is hereby given to allwhom it may concern that interms of clause 23 of theabovementioned Scheme, I(full name) MOLEKOAKHARI ARON intendsapplying to the ModimolleLocal Municipality forconsent to Tarven on(property and suburb) VD 35also known as (street nameand number) Leseding Ext 3situated in an Residential 1zone (Example: Residential1, Business 4 etc.)Any objection, with thegrounds therefor, shall belodged with or made inwriting to: The DivisionalManager: Town Planning,Ground Floor, ModimolleMunicipal Building, PrivateBag x1008, Modimolle,0510, within 28 days of thepublication of theadvertisement in the Localnewspaper viz.Full particulars and plans (ifany) may be inspectedduring normal office hours(08:00 - 13:00 and 13:45 -15:00) at theabovementioned office for aperiod of 28 days of thepublication of theadvertisement in the Localnewspaper.Closing date for objections:Applicant Street and Postaladdress:VD 35 Leseding Ext 3Vaalwater0530Tel: 078 774 2959 / 079 0464048.

(10&17/07).

MODIMOLLE LANDUSE SCHEME, 2004

Notice is hereby given to allwhom it may concern that interms of clause 23 of theabovementioned Scheme, I(full name) CHAUKEMORONGWA ELIZABETHintends applying to theModimolle LocalMunicipality for consnt to:Tuckshop Morongwa on(property and suburb) 6516Ext 8 Phomolong alsoknown as (street name andnumber) situated in anResidential 1 zone.(Example: Residential 1,Business 4 etc.)Any objection, with thegrounds therefor, shall belodged with or made inwriting to: The DivisionalManager: Town Planning:Ground Floor, ModimolleMunicipal Building, PrivateBag x1008, Modimolle,0510, within 28 days of thepublication of theadvertisement in the Localnewspaper viz:Full particulars and plans(if any) may be inspectedduring normal office hours(08:00 - 13:00 and 13:45 -15:00) at theabovementioned office fora period of 28 days of thepublication of theadvertisement in the Localnewspaper.Closing date forobjections:Applicant street and postaladdress:P.O. Box 5080Modimolle0510.(10&17/07).

AgriculturalExtensionsistLambert Molotofrom theDepartment ofAgriculture inModimollerecently passed ondue to a shortillness and wasburied in hishometown ofMokopane. Molotohadcommunicationswith The BEAT andvariousinstitutions andgovernmentdepartments onmany occasionsand helped manyschools in theWaterberg Districtespecially withgreening and treeplanting sessions.Photo: LizzyBapela

CHARITY / ENTERTAINMENT / SCHOOL 10 July, 2015 THE BEAT Page 7beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za

Justin Steyn

According to Ikageng Youth Centre’schairman, Jan Motlhoki, adolescentdrug use is on the rise. He said that henoticed the epidemic during recent visitsto various municipalities in theWaterberg District.

“We’ve seen a lot of children who areusing drugs and some of them are noteven teenagers yet,” he said.

Motlhoki said that during a recent visitto Modimolle the organization foundtwo children, aged 9 and 10, who areaddicted to extremely illegal substances.

“I found two children in Modimollewho are addicted to drugs like cocaine,”he said. “This shocked me very muchand our organization is going to

Lizzy Bapela

A finalist in the Mr Commonwealth SALucas Monareng has urged members ofthe public to vote for him to win thepageant’s first place.

As the grand finale to the competitiondraws near, being scheduled forJohannesburg’s Gold Reef City LyricTheatre on the evening of 12 September,24-year old Monareng is putting theword out for the public to show theirsupport in his efforts by voting for him.He is the first man to represent Limpopoin the Mr Commonwealth competition.He told The BEAT that he entered themodelling competition to helpdisadvantaged people, vulnerablechildren, people living with HIV andorphans.

Monareng is now in third placenationwide, and says that he needs thecommunity’s support to win. Tickets arenow available at Computicket,

Lizzy Bapela

The DA in Bela-Bela’s Ward 3 recentlyembarked on a successful mini campaign toboost their visibility.

The ‘Know your DA’ event took place onSaturday, 27 June at the corners betweenWard 3 and Ward 4 known as Marabastad,with the party’s Provincial AdministrationOfficer Nico Pienaar and other guestspeakers in attendance. Other attendeesincluded Salamina Mabokela, ElsieKubjane, Frans Mothokwa, CouncillorFrancina Maselesa and Ward 6representative Missy Matlhalhane.

In his address, Mothokwa promisedresidents that the DA will perform its dutyas an opposition party to stand for the rightsof the people of the wards in order topromote development in the area. He said

Lizzy Bapela The DA in Limpopo said that they willlaunch a massive petition campaign thatwill be signed by all the affected residentsand be submitted to Mogalakwena LocalMunicipality’s new mayor, Councillor ParksSebatjane, seeking his urgent interventionregarding the municipality’s failed R1.5million water project.The DA has also written to the mayor,

urging himto urgentlyprobe thisabandonedproject thatwas finishedtwo yearsago but stillprovides nowater forresidents.“The

municipalityhasallocated themoney toinstall waterpipes and taps for the residents ofMatsogelle in ward 11, but the waterlesstaps were abandoned by the contractor andare now being vandalised by the residents,”said the DA Councillor in the municipalityCharlotte Senosha.

Ikageng seeks help foradolescent drug users

Pageant finalist urges publicto cast their vote for him

Checkers, Shoprite and Usave. Ticketscost R350 each and Monareng urges thepublic to mention his name whenpurchasing their tickets, as that will addpoints to his votes. He also urged thepublic to vote for him by sending a R3SMS to 35554 with his name.“The competition creates a platform

for men to become leaders and rolemodels in the community,” he said. “Itaims to empower and inspire them withthe knowledge to bring about changeand development.”The winner will represent South Africa

at the international stage in London inNovember, where representatives fromall the Commonwealth nations will becompeting for the final title.The finalists were judged and tested on

their leadership, entrepreneurial andcommunity development skills.The competition is focused on social

upliftment and finding South Africa’snext Ambassador of Change.

approach municipalities asking them forassistance in matters like these.”

He explained that Ikayeng is indesperate need of a proper facilitywhere they can hold their activities.

“We are based at Bela-Bela and wouldlike to expand to other regions. Wecurrently need a facility where we canhouse addicted and abandoned children.We plan to engage with the people whocome asking for help from us. They willbe involved in various sports activitiesand will be taught how to farm and fendfor themselves.”

According to Motlhoki, theorganization has been able to help andrehabilitate five former drug addicts.Those who would like to get in touchwith the organization can contactMothloki on 060 825 3044.

Ikayeng Youth Centre’s chairperson Jan Motlhoki said that the organizationis now focused on illegal drug use in adolescent children. Photo: Justin Steyn

MrCommonwealth

South Africafinalist Lucas

Monareng.Photo: Lizzy

Bapela

that they are in discussions with themunicipality about receiving a budget asother wards do, since they are also payingfor services. He added that the fact that themunicipality cuts off residents’ electricitywhen they are unable to pay for services, isa concern to them. Mothokwa also said thatthe municipality is failing these wards whenit comes to budgets and service delivery.

Other speakers also addressed theattendees and urged members of thecommunity to make sure that the people areaware of the DA. They emphasized that thepeople need to understand the purpose ofopposition parties, and said that they aretired of empty promises from the currentgovernment.

Pienaar expressed his gratitude toward theresidents for attending the event, andemphasized once again the fact that the DAis a truly multiracial party.

“Due to the municipality’s failure tomonitor the project, the residents are stillfacing the water crisis that they have beenfacing all these years and are now forced tobuy water. Furthermore, more than 500households are forced to share three drumsof water that are being supplied by themunicipality once a week,” Senosha said.“Spending R1.5 million on a projectwithout putting monitoring measures inplace is a clear waste of tax payers’ moneyand an abuse of power that must be

investigated.The DA

urged themayor tolaunch aninvestigationinto thewholeproject toestablish thereasons whyit is notbenefitingthe intendedcommunitiesand holdimplicatedofficials

accountable for the failure. Themunicipality’s respond to the matter is stillawaited, as the spokesperson MaleselaSelokela was unavailable for comment bythe time of going to press.

DA holds mini-campaign

DA plans to launch petition onMogalakwena R1.5 million water project

‘Due to the municipality’sfailure to monitor the

project, the residents arestill facing the water crisisthat they have been facingall these years and are now

forced to buy water.’

Justin Steyn

Lizzy Bapela

Lizzy Bapela

The recent ‘Know your DA’ campaign in Ward 3 was described as a success. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Lizzy Bapela

SPORTPage 8 THE BEAT beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za10 July, 2015

TK Mashaba

It is that time of year again — the youth ofthe area will be testing their health in theIndigenous Games this year.

The games, which are hosted by theDepartment of Sports, Arts and Culture inthe Waterberg, will be held on Saturday, 11July, at Modimolle’s Ephraim MogaleStadium.

The objectives of the games are to promote

TK Mashaba

Bela-Bela’s Kamplits Volleyball Teamis expected to attend a training campahead of the Interprovincial Games.

The camp was expected to start onThursday, 9 July and continue untilSunday, 12 July.

The Interprovincial Games areexpected to start on Monday, 13 Julyand conclude on Saturday, 18 July.

The full Kamplits team consists of thesenior men’s and ladies’ teams and theUnder-20 men’s and ladies’ teams.

TK Mashaba

The Limpopo football team showed aremarkable standard of football at therecent SAB Under-21 championship heldat Tshwane’s Giants stadium inSoshanguve. The team reached the semi-finals, performing better than last years.

The player showed hunger and anexcellent standardof soccer.

The team won alltheir matches in thegroup stages,beating Free State2-0 and Ussa 4-1.

Lufuno Munyaishined in thematches, scoringfour goals alonewhile Matlatse Mtabane scored the onlygoal for Ussa Football team.

The team had excellent performance,the best in their history in thechampionship with players like VutomiHeaveman, Malesela Monama — whowas awarded Man of the Match whenthey played against Free State in theGroup Stages — and the lethal dribblingwizard Lufuno Munyai, who wasawarded Man of the Match during their

social cohesion, encourage healthy lifestyles,and discourage unwanted social behaviour, bykeeping the youth engaged in traditionalgames.

According to the media liaison for theDepartment, Mangana Mabakane, this year’sactivities will include a rich of variety ofindigenous sports such as itonga, morabaraba,jukskei, dibeke, ncuva, khokho, diketo, kgati,and drie stokkies.

“We are expecting players to come in theirnumbers to enjoy the games,” said Mabakane.

Waterberg Districthosts IndigenousGames 2015

According to their player-coachThabo Molokomme, the team isexpected to do well at the upcominggames.

“Last year the team did well with theUnder-20 Junior team getting gold,while the Under-20 Ladies’ while theSenior team received their first bronzemedals,” said Molokomme.

The team was busy with their trainingthis week.

“At the moment we are doing avariety of different exercises so that myteam can manage their opponents at thegames,” said Molokomme.

Bela-Bela Kamplits volleyballteam is ready for training camp

match against Ussa, has caught the eye ofPSL scouts.Unfortunately, the Limpopo team was

roundly trounced by the Free State in thesemi-finals. Free State beat them 2-0 andcontinued to the finals were won 3-2 onthe penalties against the Mpumalangateam.Coach Raymond Mdaka said that his

boys played outstandingly well, althoughin their last gameagainst the FreeState they weresuffering fromexhaustion, havingplayed match onmatch without abreak.“I am glad that

they did well,” hesaid. “They

couldn’t reach finals, but they showedfighting spirit.”Mdaka said that he only met with the

boys three days after the team wasselected, and with the right combinationsthe players managed to produceoutstanding results.“It will be back to the drawing board

for the next Team Limpopo for 2016.They might reach the finals,” heconcluded.

Limpopo Under-21 team getsknocked out at semi-finals

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Lufuno Munyai from Team Limpopo celebrated his fourth goal in their gameagainst Ussa. Photo: TK Mashaba

ThaboMolokomme,the trainer,with Kamplitsplayers at atrainingsession. Photo:TK Mashaba

Malesele Monama (in the blue and back), who played a big role when TeamLimpopo beat the Free State team 2-0 and has been eyed by PSL teams, is hereblocked an Ussa player in white and blue. Photo: TK Mashaba

Lufuno Munyaiwith SAFA’sAntony Reeves.Lufuno received aR500 for Man ofthe Match. Photo:TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

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