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An amount of R1.8 Million was paid by EliasMotsoaledi Local Municipality to an independ-ent contractor to change the municipality’sorganogram that allowed the establishment oftwo posts that were not existing in the munici-pality. The decision angered the opposition inthe municipality as they claim that the MayorCllr Julia Mathebe and Municipal Manager MsMaredi did not follow the correct procedurewhen changing the municipality’s organogram.The opposition says the changes were made toaccommodate some officials who are in favourof the ruling party. “In terms of the MunicipalFinance Management and Municipal SystemsAct, an organogram submitted to the council isbeing used as a basis for the calculation of thebudget for the municipality including the em-ployees’ remunerations,” said MpumalangaParty Councillor Seun Mogotji. He told theDispatch that the approval of the organogramis mandated by the whole council and cannotbe amended without its unequivocal authoriza-tion. “A great concern is the fact that an inde-

EMLM organogram changed toaccommodate comrades

pendent contractor was paid in excess of R1.8 Million to draft a neworganogram. This is a wasteful expenditure. The document includedchanges to positions and the council never had the opportunity todiscuss and/or oppose this,” he said. Mogotji further said that theremoval of Shakes Moganyetji who was then the Manager in the officeof the Mayor and Vusi Ntuli then the Mayor’s Personal Assistant, werenot authorized by the Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality Council. “Apost of EPWP Coordinator was created for Mokganyetji. Vusi Ntuli wasgiven the position of the Fleet Manager which was also not in themunicipality but was created specifically for him. All of this unorthodoxadministration has been done by the instruction of one politician,”commented Mogotji.He went on and said, besides the violation of funds, and the fact that anindependent consultant was appointed for the work that was alreadydone by the council, the question that needs to be answered is whatmoney was used when the company was appointed. The municipalityexceeded its budget in the current financial year and this will result inbacklog in service delivery that supposed to benefit the community. “Asthe Mpumalanga Party within council, we therefore not only demand, butcategorically state that those involved will be suspended for violatingregulations that are relevant in this matter. @ Mogotjie said. EliasMotsoaledi APC Councillor Isaac Mkhaliphi said the municipal leader-ship is misleading the community by taking decisions without consult-

ing with the council. “There is no way that theorganogram can be changed during the courseof the financial year. It is clear that the decisionwas taken in favour of comradeship in themunicipality,” he said. The CommunicationsManager at the Elias Motsoaledi Local Munici-pality Marinda Burger didn’t not respond to thee-mail sent by the Dispatch concerning theissue. She also did not respond to voice mes-sages left on her cellphone.

The EliasMotsoaledi LocalM u n i c i p a l i t yMayor Cllr JuliaMathebe whom,according to op-p o s i t i o n s ,changed the mu-n i c i p a l i t y ’ sorganogram infavour of com-radeship.

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Chaos erupted at Sibisi Primary School inDennilton when some parents accused theschool principal of misleading the school andharassing the educators. A number of meetingsinvolving the School Governing Body (SGB),educators and the community were called toresolve the matter but they were fruitless as thefight between the educators, principal and somecommunity members is continuing.Now some residents demand the principal toleave the school with immediate effect as theschool is dysfunctional.“The fight between the principal, educatorsand parents started earlier this year after theschool principal Mrs Sebothoma started har-assing some of the teachers accusing them ofstealing from the school. It became worse whenthe same school principal decided that pupilswho were attending special classes for the

Community demandsprincipal expulsion after

allegationsdisabled had to be moved from Sibisi toNyakhoroane Primary School without consult-ing with the parents,” said one of the commu-nity members Mr. Vusi Ndlela.He added that now some of the learners wholive with disabilities decided to stay at homerather than to go to Nyakhoroane as it is too farfrom their homes. “The new school is far fromthe village and the main road is damaged whichallows no transportation for these kids” hesaid. He went on and said in the meeting ofSaturday 21 February, where the Moutse EastCircuit Manager Mr Stewart was attending, itwas decided that the matter will be investigatedby the Education Department as it will disruptlessons at school.Moutse East Circuit Manager Mr Stewart saidhe cannot comment further about the issue ashe is not allowed to talk to the media. He just

said the department isbusy investigating thematter and hopes tocome with a positiveoutcome soon.

The Sibisi Pri-mary Schoolpremises wheresome of the com-munity membersdemand that theprincipal must beexpelled for mis-leading theschool.

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On Saturday 14 February, hundreds of KolofaneMalaeneng residents in Dennilton gathered atthe Maila Royal Kraal to witness the inaugura-tion of the new Chief, Justice Maila. Seniortraditional leaders from the Kgoshi MampuruRoyal House and other local chiefs and headmen attended.Maila is succeeding the Acting Chief JohnMathebe who was accused by the communityof abusing his powers after the passing of ChiefKolofane who was Justice’s grandfather.“I am glad to become one of the traditionalleaders in this area. I also appreciate the sup-port shown by the people when welcoming meto be their new chief. I am looking forward to

Justice Maila inaugurated as new Chiefserve the interests of the poor and also urge thecommunity to give the utmost support andrespect to the chieftaincy,” he said.As he will be ruling Kirkvorsfontein A, B and apart of Ten Morgan, he advised the communityto work with him and the government. He saidhis inauguration marked a new beginning forthe village.

Chief Justice Maila said it was a great day forhis people and that he was aware of the chal-lenges ahead of him. He said his immediateattention would be to engage the relevant au-thorities for the development of the village.“The villages are quite big and we have threeprimary school but no secondary school. Wewill engage the Department of Education to

build us a secondary school for hundreds ofchildren we have here,” he said.He added that their role as traditional authorityis not only to look at the municipality for devel-opment, but they will explore their efforts to findother means to develop the area.“We are quite aware of the challenges likewater, electricity and roads in our area," he said.

The new Chief of Kolofane Village Jus-tice Maila, says he is looking forwardto serve the interests of the people.

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The victims of the Mbokodo (Members of theformer KwaNdebele legislative assembly) saythey are conned by people who claim they areappointed to process their compensation claimsin government.Millions of rands were allocated by the govern-ment to compensate people who were victim-ized by the Mbokodo police between 1985 and1987. Mbokodo (meaning a grinding stone)was allegedly responsible for a wave of vio-lence against people opposed to KwaNdebele'sindependence during its active years. Theirheadquarters were in Siyabuswa and it was alsooperational in areas such as Moutse and theothers. This resulted in a war breaking outbetween the comrades and the Mbokodo re-sulting in people being killed when they wereburned alive. Some children were orphanedwhen their parents were killed during the war.Some were wounded, some crippled and some

It is true when they say you are what you believe. Equally so, it is also true when they say Hardwork and passion pays off. This is true for one young man from a small village in the heart ofSekhukhune District called Diphale. Colleen “Chymamusique’’ Mmotla has defied the stere-otypes of a rural young man by becoming the first young person from Sekhukhune District to benominated for the Metro FM awards. Colleen has been nominated in the best new comer category.Chymamusique, as he is commonly known by his fans and friends, was born 24 years ago in thevillage of Diphale. As a child he attended primary school at Magabaneng and later matriculatedat St Thomas College in 2007. As youngster he was passionate about music and was the residentialpiano player at his church on Sundays. After completing high school, he furthered his studiesat Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) where he studied analytic chemistry.Realising that his passion lies in entertainment and not in science, he enrolled at Boston CityCampus where he studied media. In his spare time he writes and produces songs. In 2014Chymamusique completed his first independent album called, ‘The Gift of Sound’ after years ofreleasing singles. The new album was recorded under his own record label company called

Moutse residents claim conning by Khulumadied of injuries they suffered at the SiyabuswaHall when being beaten by the Mbokodo Po-lice. This resulted in the government and nongovernment organizations (NGOs) establish-ing a compensation for the people who werevictimized by suing all companies involved inthe brutality of the people.Now residents says some unsuspecting ben-eficiaries didn’t receive the money and theyhave been conned by people who claim theywere appointed by the government and NGOsto process funds that are awaiting to be re-ceived by the victims.“Last year a man by the name of NormanMathebe saying he was from the KhulumaSupport Group came and took R15 from hun-dreds of community members around Motetiand other surrounding villages saying they willbe compensated after being victimized byMbokodo but he vanished after community

members gave him the money. Now there isanother person coming to collect R50-00 fromresidents promising to process their compen-sation money. We don’t trust these peopleanymore and we do not think that the govern-ment will demand money from poor residents inorder to pay their compensations,” says one ofthe victims Mr Mathibela.The Dispatch spoke to Mr Frans Mogajanafrom the Khuluma Support Group who saidthere are other people who are conning peopleclaiming that they come from their organization.He said the Khuluma Support Group is notgoing door-to-door collecting money from resi-dents. He agreed that people are paying moneyas a membership fee and the other money willbe paid to process their claims as Khuluma is anon government organization.“We engage people with outreach programmeswhere we do presentations and elect a commit-

tee that will deal with their registrations. Somepeople take our registration forms and concommunity members claiming that they arefrom Khuluma. People must verify with theirtraditional leaders and councillors to see if aperson collecting money is appointed byKhuluma,” he said.He added that victims can only register at thelocal chiefs and councillors to become mem-bers of Khuluma Support Group.“Khuluma is an NGO that sued a number ofcompanies that victimized people during apart-heid. Now we are disappointed that criminalscon resident money out of our name and wewant the community to be cautious before theypay anyone. As Khuluma we usually appointpeople who are well known to the community todo all the process. For any enquiries aboutKhuluma people are welcome to call 072 3073923 or 081 247 5424,” he concluded.

Sekhukhune musiciannominated for Metro Award

Chymamusiq records.Colleen describes hissound as soulfulhouse. The Metro FMawards will be hostedon Saturday 28 Febru-ary 2015 at the AlbertLuthuli ICC Durbanwhere Chymamusiquewill be battling it outwith the likes of DrMalinga, Hip – hopstar Duncan, DJ Dim-ples and Idols SA sea-son 9 winner Musa.Chymamusique is call-ing for everyonearound Sekhukhuneand the country whowould like to see himwalk away with theprestigious award, tovote for him on theirmobile phones by sim-ply dialling*120*588# option 1 –11 – 5. In this way peo-ple will be casting theirvotes forChymamusique.

C o l l e e n“ C h y m a m u s i q u e ’ ’Mmotla performing at oneof the gigs.

Murder suspect arrested aftereluding police for ten years

A 37 year old suspect named Kgotso Martin Sebesho appeared before the Nebo Magistrate’sCourt on Monday 23 February on murder charges he committed in 2005. According to the policereport, the suspect was arrested at Khayelitsha in Cape Town after a tip off. It is alleged that theaccused was involved in a fight with the deceased in 2005 at a ceremony held at the deceased’splace in Tafelkop. After the fight, the deceased lost consciousness and he died four days lateras a result of his serious injuries. The suspect was last seen on the day of the incident until hisarrest in the early hours of Saturday 21 February in Cape Town. He was charged with murder andwill appear again at the Nebo Magistrate’s Court soon for a formal bail application.

A 33 year old man was arrested by the Sekhukhune Police after he was found in possession ofa stolen vehicle. The suspect was arrested at Glen Cowie Village after the police suspected theVW Golf 1 he was driving on Sunday 22 February. According to the police report, the vehicle wasstolen at Tsimanyane near Marble Hall on Thursday 19 February inside the garage. The policesuspected the vehicle and circulated its engine number to find that it was reported stolen. Thesuspect was arrested on the scene and charged with car theft. He will appear at the SekhukhuneMagistrate’s Court soon. The police are busy with investigations.

Man nabbed with stolen vehicle

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The Limpopo Netball Association launched itsfirst provincial netball league that was organ-ised at Lengama Secondary School in JaneFurse. All five districts in Limpopo Province,Sekhukhune, Waterberg, Mopani, Vhembe andCapricorn participated. The President of Net-ball South Africa Ms Mimi Mthethwa attendedto address the people.The President of Limpopo Netball AssociationMs Cecilia Molokwane told the Dispatch thatthey chose Sekhukhune District as the host torevive netball in the district and inform thecommunity of Sekhukhune about the existenceof netball in the province.“The number of teams participating in netball isvery low in Sekhukhune compared to otherdistricts in the province. As the provincialstructure, we saw a need to launch the leaguein Sekhukhune so that the number of peopleplaying netball will rise rapidly.” she said.She added that the league officials agreed thatthree top teams of the districts are taking part

Limpopo Netball League launched in JFin the Limpopo Netball League and they invitedall districts in the province to send their bestteams to come and participate.“We divided the teams into sections. The teamthat tops the districts participate in the A-section, the ones in the second position takepart in the B-Section and the teams in thirdposition participate in the C-section. We alsointroduced a male section for only one divisionand each district is allowed to send one team totake part,” she added. Cecilia continued andsaid the league will be taking place rotationallyin all five districts and it is sponsored by theDepartment of Sports, Arts and Culture.“All teams showed no mercy when competingfor the first time in the league by producingclinical performances and convincing specta-tors that they are professional netball players.Now we are heading to Tzaneen in MopaniDistrict on 7 March where the teams will bebattling for the second time in the league,” shesaid. The results of the matches played at

Lengama Secondary School in Jane Furse (In-cludes the Limpopo Netball League Log) are asfollows:Section-A, 1. Thunder Girls (Waterberg) fourpoints, 2. NCR (Mopani) two points, 3. RisingStars (Capricorn) two points, 4. MK 7 Stars(Vhembe) two points and 5. Brazil (Sekhukhune)zero points.Section-B, 1. Unilim(Capricorn) fourpoints, 2. Lufule Stars(Vhembe) two points,3. Sizwe Stars(Waterberg) twopoints, 4. LulekaniCheeters (Mopani)two points, 5. YoungF i g h t e r s(Sekhukhune) zeropoints.Section-C, 1. YoungFighters (Capricorn)

four points, 2. Majeje (Mopani) four points, 3.Mulima PM (Vhembe) two points, 4. RisingStars (Waterberg) zero points, 5. Peace Makers(Sekhukhune) zero points.Male Section 1. Capricorn District, 2. VhembeDistrict, 3. Waterberg District, 4. SekhukhuneDistrict. Mopani District didn’t take part in themale section.

The male netballsection in actionduring thelaunching of theLimpopo NetballLeague atLengama Sec-ondary School inJane Furse.

The Limpopo Net-ball League par-ticipants from thefive districts mu-nicipalities in theprovince just be-fore the firstmatch start.

Clinical perform-ances were shownby the teamswhen competingfor the top posi-tion in theLimpopo NetballLeague Log.