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RDP disasterin Bela Bela

Pamela Mohlake’s house was partly demolished to make space for an RDP house tobe built. The contractors already poured a foundation for the new house. The founda-tion can be seen in the foreground. Photo: TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

Pamela Mohlake, of Leseding in Bela Bela,is living in misery after the municipality alleg-edly told her to remove a part of her house inorder for them to build a RDP house for her.The saga started in August, last year, when

Mohlake’s RDP house was approved, alongwith some other outstanding RDP applica-tions in the area.Demolished on requestMohlake told The BEAT that her ward coun-

cillor, Jeremiah Ngobeni, came to her houseand told her that she had to remove a part ofher house in order for the municipal contrac-tors to build the promised RDP house. Ac-cording to Mohlake, the arrangement was thatthe RDP house would be built as soon aspossible within 2012.“They threw a foundation and told me that I

had to demolish half of the building in orderfor them to build my RDP house,” she said.Mohlake said that she paid the contractors,who arrived at her home with Ngobeni; to de-molish the part of the house that they saidwas a problem.Months of nothing happeningShe said that nothing has been done about

the situation since half of her home was de-molished. Mohlake said that she asked themunicipality when they planned to do some-thing about the problem, but that she wassent from pillar to post with no real answers.The problem is now also affecting Mohlake’s

home life, because her children, who are at-tending tertiary institutions, refuse to comehome for visits. “They say they cannot comehome, because I ruined their room and they

have nowhere to sleep,” she said.Mohlake is a widow and she said that she

could not even go to visit anybody, becausethe house is standing wide open.Problems affecting the projectThe BEAT spoke to Ngobeni, Ward 6 coun-

cillor, and he said that he was aware of theproblems with her house. “I am aware of theproblem. There are a couple of factors thatmight have delayed the process,” he said.Ngobeni said that factors like space and the

construction of water pipes under the build-ing could be a problem. He said that specialpermission was needed to build on top ofexisting water pipes. The size of the yard wasalso a problem. “The only way they can fit anRDP house, is if they demolish the currentstructure,” he said.Mohlake said that this was the first that she

heard of these problems. She said that no-body brought up these issues when they cameto her house. “Even when they poured thefoundation and demolished half of my home,nobody said anything about size or pipes,”she said.CoGHSTA task teamA task team from the Department of Coop-

erative Governance, Human Settlements andTraditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) is scheduledto visit Bela Bela to address issues surround-ing housing. Ngobeni said the outstandinghouses in Leseding and Mohlake’s housewould be addressed by them.The BEAT tried to talk to Matome

Sebelebele, spokesperson for the Bela Belamunicipality, about the issue. At the time ofgoing to press, Sebelebele was not availablefor comment.

RDP disasterin Bela Bela

Court rejects application

The court order was preceded by acouncil meeting that turned volatile on5 February when members of the pub-lic heard that Sebola was the top can-didate on the shortlist. Residents aswell as some councillors were ex-tremely unhappy about his probableappointment because his legal qualifi-cations could not be verified by Saqua,the country’s qualifications authority.

The fighting later became so volatilethat the police had to be called in. Themeeting was then dissolved.

Matome Sebelebele, the spokesper-son of the municipality, said: “We wel-come the verdict and take note of thejudgement. The ruling has provided clar-ity as to how the council must moveforward with this issue.”

He said taxpayers can rest assuredthat the municipality will not pay thelegal costs. “Nhlapo and Sebola willbe responsible for all the legal costs.The court’s judgement once againproves that the executive committee’sdecision was spot on.”

Van der Merwe said: “CouncillorNhlapo did not follow the correct pro-cedure. As senior ANC councillor andmember of the executive committeehis actions are unacceptable. Heshould be well-informed about the del-egations to the executive committeeand should give more attention to thefinancial committee of which he is thechairman. No wonder Bela Bela mu-nicipal council is constantly in con-flict. The ANC should have a seriousconversation with Nhlapo to ensurethat the municipality will not be bur-dened with such preposterousness infuture.”

• The Bela-Bela municipality was rep-resented in court by McCaps Motimeleof Medupi & Legong Incorporated.

Lucas NhlapoFreddy Hlungwane

Ingrid Pepler

The controversial court applicationbrought by one of the executive councilmembers of Bela Bela was rejected bythe High Court in Pretoria this week.

The applicants, who brought the urgentapplication, executive councillor LucasNhlapo and attorney Phineas OmbaliSebola, now have to pay all the legalcosts for the application. The cost wasestimated at a whopping R300 000 thisweek.

In their application Nhlapo and Sebolasuggested that mayor, FreddyHlungwane, and DA councillor on theexecutive committee, Kobus van derMerwe, should be liable for all legalcosts. The two councillors serve withNhlapo on the town’s executive com-mittee.

Hlungwane and Van der Merwe saidon Wednesday they are grateful thatjustice has been done.

Judge Ferdi Preller launched a scath-ing attack on the applicants becausethey did not investigate the remedies inthe Municipal Systems Act before wast-ing the court’s time with the urgent ap-plication.

The court also questioned Nhlapo’spossible personal agenda in bringing theapplication.

Preller also ruled that Bela-Bela’s ex-ecutive committee did indeed have theauthority to appoint top officials, as setout in the delegations.

The urgent application was the latestin a series of controversial events at themunicipality that highlighted the politi-cal infighting in the ANC-controlled coun-cil.

Nhlapo and Sebola brought the appli-cation when Sebola was not appointedas head of corporate services.

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Police in Bela Bela have opened adocket of inquest, following the death ofa 28-year-old man. Manamela said thatthe deceased was found dead at his

Lizzy Bapela

19 FebruaryThe Bela Bela detectives’ team, led byConstable Frans Sekgobela, suc-ceeded in arresting seven suspects, fivemen and two women, in connection witha case of car hijacking.Police spokesperson, Constable Glen

Manamela, said that the two womenstood on the Codrington R101 road 2kmfrom Radium and pretended to be hitch-hiking, targeting drivers traveling alone.She said that the suspects then told

the drivers that they are running a pros-titution business and would chargethem a very low price, luring them totheir so-called workplace. The other

suspects would come and, together,they would hijack the unsuspecting vic-tims.Sekgobela said that police confis-

cated two cars abandoned inHammanskraal as well as cell phones,bags, binoculars and laptops.He said the suspects applied for bail

when they appeared before the BelaBela Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 18February, and the police are opposingthe bail. He said a third female sus-pect was arrested at a later stage andshe appeared on Tuesday, 26 Febru-ary.

23 Februaryhome in Phomolong Extension 7. Shesaid the deceased hanged himself andthe cause of the incident is still unknown,as he did not leave any suicide note.

Discovery of bodies shockModimolle residents

TK Mashaba

The recent spate of violent domestic mur-ders in the Waterberg district is not overyet. On Monday, 18 February, in the earlyhours of the morning, the body of a boywas discovered in Dipela Street inPhagameng.

TK Mashaba

The trai l of the six children fromMookgophong, who are accused of mur-dering three orphans, was postponed to7 March, pending the outcome of a DNAtest.The minors appeared for the first time in

Mokopane, since several appearances inMookgophong last year, on Monday, 25February.The three victims, orphans from the

Mantane Drop-In Centre, two boys, aged7 and 9, and a girl, aged 12, were founddead in the bushes at the old location inMookgophong on Saturday, 18 August.The funeral service of Johanna Kekana

(12), Hosea Richard Kekana (9) andBafana Gilbert Kekana (10), was held atMookgophong Sports Ground before they

A woman was arrested on suspicion ofstabbing her husband to death inModimolle. Photo as illustration

The body of the boy was discovered inan empty yard. Warrant Officer JamesFindlay, spokesperson for the Modimollepolice told The BEAT that the boy wasaround 13 or 14 years old.The cause of the death is still unknown

and an inquest was opened. “We are wait-ing for the post-mortem results to deter-mine the cause of death, because the boydid not have any visible injuries,” Findlaysaid.Still in Modimolle, on the evening of Sun-

day, 24 February, a member of the publicfound the body of a man in Phomolong.According to the police, the man was

found by a passer-by in the informal set-tlement of Baipeing Section. Findlay saidthat the man’s remains were found lyingon the pavement in front of his own yard.Findlay said that the wife of the deceased

was arrested on 26 February, following thecrime. She allegedly stabbed her husbandto death. She will appear before theModimolle magistrate’s court on chargesof murder.Also on 24 February in Modimolle, peo-

ple found the body of a baby with some ofthe body parts missing.Findlay said that the owner of the house

realised that his dog smelled strange. Laterthat day, he found the remains of a foetusin his house. He said that it looked as ifthe dog might have brought the remains tothe house.According to Findlay, only the torso of

the foetus was found, with one hand miss-ing. The police are still investigating thecase. Anybody with information that couldhelp the police can contact Warrant Of-ficer Seabela on 073 456 9937.

Mookgophong murdertrail postponed

Lizzy Bapela

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpoposaid that premier Mathale has proven tobe totally out of touch with the servicedelivery crisis in the province.Textbooks still an issueThe DA raised concerns following

Mathale’ State of the Province Address(SOPA), slamming the premier for alleg-edly not mentioning the word “textbooks”even once.The party’s caucus leader in Limpopo,

Desiree van der Walt, slammed the pre-mier for praising Education MEC,Dickson Masemola, for his “leadership”in putting “last year’s problems” in thepast.She said that Mathale is ignoring the

reality that schools across Limpopo stilldo not have books and no plans wereannounced to address these textbookshortages in schools in 2013.“Instead of praising the Education

MEC, the Premier should fire him. Pre-mier Mathale is in the fourth year of hisfive year term and yet no solutions werepresented to any of the current govern-ance crises facing Limpopo,” she said.Corruption and mismanagement“There were no new anti-corruption

were laid to rest at the MookgophongCemetery on Saturday, 25 August.The three were learners at Dikubu Pri-

mary School and they were sheltered atthe Mantadi Drop-In Centre. The childrenwere found murdered with their hands tiedwith shoelaces.The murder followed a march where

schoolchildren and other members of thecommunity formed part of the demonstra-tion rally to the Department of Educationcircuit office. The marched served to de-mand placement of an English teacher atthe school, among other grievances.Police spokesperson, Colonel Ronel

Otto, told The BEAT that the case waspostponed. She said that the children,whose ages are between 12 and 14, werereturned to a place of safety while the in-vestigation continues.

Mathale out of touch with servicedelivery crisis

measures announced even though pro-vincial departments and municipalitieshave collapsed from financial misman-agement.”“There was no talk of support for a youth

wage subsidy even though unemploy-ment is rife in Limpopo.There were no solutions offered to the

massive shortages of doctors, medicineand equipment in hospitals and clinics,”Van der Walt said.“There was no mention that just one

municipality received a clean audit thisyear while entire communities go with-out access to water because basic serv-ices are not provided,” she said.The DA said that premier Mathale is

totally out of touch with reality and per-haps it is his time to leave office.Underperforming members of cabinet“It is clear that we need a new cabinet

to deliver for the people of Limpopo.Those who have not performed, includ-ing the premier, should go. Service de-livery must be priority number one andunder premier Mathale this has not beenthe case,” Van der Walt said.Spokesperson for the provincial govern-

ment, Mashadi Mathosa, said that nei-ther the premier nor his office could com-ment on the allegations.

Lizzy Bapela

The Limpopo MEC for Cooperative Gov-ernance, Human Settlements and Tra-ditional Affairs (CoGHSTA), CliffordMotsepe, is suing City Press for R1.2million over allegations that he tried tobribe their journalist.The department’s provincial spokesper-

son, Tseng Diale, said that the sum-mons was issued against City Pressjournalist Sipho Masondo, editor FerialHaffajee and the newspaper’s ownersMedia24 Limited on Thursday, 21 Feb-ruary.Sued for defamation over alleged bribeShe said Motsepe is suing for R1.2 mil-

lion in damages for defamatory allega-tions made in article headed “MEC of-fers cash to City Press reporter,” pub-lished in City Press on Sunday, 10 Feb-ruary.In the article, Masondo said that, after

v is i t ing the MEC at h is home inPolokwane, Motsepe had “reached intohis pocket and took out a wad of cash,neatly held together with an elasticband.”The article also said Motsepe had said,

“This (wad of cash) is for petrol for theweekend.” He allegedly added, “Pleasetake it (the cash). If you do not use it

MEC sues City Press for R1.2 millionfor petrol, you can use it for somethingelse.”Motsepe insists and affirms that no

such incident took place and in courtpapers, his lawyers have argued thatCity Press’ publication of the allegationwas defamatory.False facts in printDiale said that the court papers state

that the statements are false and de-famatory and Masondo made them un-lawfully and intentionally in order to de-fame Motsepe and injure him and hisreputation.She said Haffajee is being sued for au-

thorising the publication of Masondo’sallegation “as if it was a fact, when intruth and reality, they were no more thanallegations.” She also said Haffajeeknew or ought to have known, by exer-cise of reasonable care and skill, thatthe offending statements were false.Motsepe said that Haffajee failed to in-

vestigate the truthfulness or otherwiseof the offending statements before sheauthorized and approved publication.Advocate Vincent Maleka, Advocate

Muzi Sikhakhane and attorney DavidMogaswa are representing Motsepe.Diale said that the newspaper has ten

days to indicate whether it will contestthe matter.

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Lizzy Bapela

Lephalale Local Municipality did not spendR28 million of their Municipal InfrastructureGrant (MIG) for the 2012 financial year.This is according to the Auditor General’s

(AG) 2011/2012 report released in Novem-ber 2012, which caused concerns for thelocal DA councillor, Steven Manamela.Township in water crisisManamela requested the mayor, Jack

Maeko, to provide the residents of MarapongTownship with water tankers after spendingthe last four months without water.“In that township, the toilets at the local

schools are not flushing while the residentsare forced to go to the adjacent villages or

Lephalale Municipality underspends whileresidents have to go without water

Lizzy Bapela

Opposition parties in Limpopo expected pre-mier Cassel Mathale and his cabinet to re-sign on the day the premier delivered the Stateof the Province Address (SOPA) on Thurs-day, 21 February. According to media reports,the parties said that the only thing they wantedto hear from the SOPA was Mathale sayinghe is stepping down as premier, as he hasnot improved service delivery in the provincethroughout his term. “The only relief for thepeople of Limpopo when Mathale presentshis State of the Province address would be tohear him saying he was relinquishing the pre-mier’s position with his cabinet,” said COPEacting provincial chairperson, PatrickSikhutshi. Mathale seems to have no politi-cal support from structures affiliated to theruling party, the ANC that he leads in the prov-ince, as COSATU also wants him to resign.The congress’ provincial secretary, Dan

Sebabi, said that they think there is no bettertime for him to resign than now. Sebabi alsoslammed Mathale’s plan to challenge Presi-dent Jacob Zuma’s decision to place Limpopogovernment departments under administra-tion in the Constitutional Court.According to recent media reports, Mathale

paid R98 000 of taxpayers’ money to legal

The DA criticisedthe Lephalalemunicipality fornot spending theirMunicipal Infra-structure Grantwhile manyhouseholds in theTownship gowithout runningwater daily. Photoas illustration

dig deep in their pockets to buy water.Schoolchildren spend the whole day with-out water in scorching heat and even theschool feeding-scheme has stopped due toa lack of water. In other villages, the resi-dents drilled boreholes in their homes toavoid the water shortage outcry inLephalale,” he said.Manamela said that the money could have

been used to supply water and other basicservices including roads, electricity andsanitation, especially in rural areas.Boreholes as emergency measureHe said that traditional leaders in rural ar-

eas have agreed with community membersto have volunteers regularly monitoringboreholes and each family contributes R15

every month towards the volunteers’ efforts.He said international donors brought theboreholes to assist the municipality curbthe water shortage problem in the area.“Under spending in a municipality like

Lephalale is once again a proof that a skillsaudit is crucial. The DA believes that theMayor and section 57 managers must beheld accountable for the slow pace of serv-ices delivery in the areas. We want theMayor to make sure that the municipalityprovides water to the residents as an in-terim relief while making plans to avert thedisaster of the water outcry in Lephalale,”he said.Schools and children in dangerManamela said local schools and crèches

had to release children at around 11:00 onWednesday, 20 February, as there was nowater and parents and guardians are usu-ally at work during that time.The BEAT spoke to Manamela again on

Monday, 25 February, and he had checkedwith the mayor and confirmed that waterwas available in the morning and in theevening in town and the townships but ruralareas are still a problem.By the time of going to press, the munici-

pal spokesperson, Nakampe Monyepao,said that he could not deny or agree withthe underspend matter as he did not havethe financial statement with him and wouldlike to provide correct figures.National special growth pointOn the issue of water shortage, Monyepao

said that Lephalale is one of the nationalspecial growth points.He said that the development and installa-

tion of bulk infrastructure is in the processof development, as Limpopo premier CasselMathale mentioned in his State of the Prov-ince Address (SOPA) on Thursday, 21 Feb-ruary.“Massive petro-chemical development of

this nature requires a lot of water and thedemand in Lephalale is far above the sup-ply. However, the municipality is doing itsbest to make sure that water supply doesnot totally stop. With our partners, Exxaromine and Eskom, we have established ahigh-level task team to address water chal-lenge,” he said.“Interruption of delivery of water is just a

temporary inconvenience; but what is im-portant is that we are continuously com-municating our programmes and progresswith community members,” Monyepao said.State of the Nation addressHe quoted what President Jacob Zuma

said during his State of the Nation Addresson Thursday, 14 February, as one of thelong-term solutions.The president said that the construction

of the first phase of Mokolo and CrocodileRiver Water Augmentation has commencedand will provide part of water required forthe Matimba and Medupi power station.Monyepao concluded by saying the mu-

nicipality has long and short-term solutionsto water problem locally.

An amount of more than R300million would be needed to re-build roads and bridges dama-ged by heavy rains that fell inJanuary in many parts of Lim-popo.This was announced by theMinister of Transport, Ben Mar-tins, last week during a visit toVhembe as part of a provincialflood-disaster assessment.Some of the roads and bridgesin Limpopo, especially inVhembe, were severely dama-ged during last month’s heavyrains. More than 20 people inLimpopo were said to have died

Opposition and alliance wantMathale out

ANC Waterberg secretary AndriesLekalakala denied that he wanted to bethe incoming PEC secretary. Photo: LizzyBapela

expert, Professor ShadrackGutto, for legal advice on the Con-stitutional Court challenge.Sebabi said COSATU sense alevel of arrogance on the part ofthe premier, asking him if he re-ally wanted to challenge the in-tervention. The SACP’s provincialsecretary, Gilbert Kganyago, alsowants Mathale gone, saying thatthe SOPA was only to bluffLimpopo citizens. Kganyago saidthe party has expected that bynow the premier would have leftthe office. The ANC’s national ex-ecutive committee (NEC) is dueto decide the fate of the LimpopoANC provincial ex-ecutive committee(PEC) on 15 Marchand leaders in theprovince seem to bepulling in different di-rections as a result.PEC’s ex-officiomember and secre-tary of the WaterbergRegion, AndriesLekalakala, told themedia that the PECargued against theNEC’s moves to dis-band it and thatbranches in theWaterberg thoughtotherwise.Lekalakala denied

speculations that hewants to take over asprovincial secretaryafter the current PECis dissolved. He saidthe rumours are nottrue but maliciousand meant to castaspersions on him.He also said he did

not know anything about the in-tention to dissolve the PEC. How-ever, he was quoted in theSowetan on Wednesday, 20 Feb-ruary, cautioning PEC membersagainst defying branches’ con-cerns. “Whether the PEC likesthese matters or not, the ANC Na-tional Working Committee (NWC)has a responsibility to investigate,”Lekalakala said. Spokespersonfor the provincial government,Mashadi Mathosa, told The BEATthat the premier can only react towhat the ANC engages him aboutand not what opposition partiesare saying.

R300 million needed torebuild roads and bridges

as a result of the heavy rains.“We are visiting the sites andinspecting the levels of dama-ge caused by the floods. Weunderstand some communitieswere left divided from their villa-ges and pupils in some partsof the province could not go toschool because the bridgeswere swept away,” Martinssaid. He added that some tem-porary measures had been putin place. According to him,makeshift bridges are not safeand he urged the governmentto repair the damages soon. —LiN News/Limpopo Mirror

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Government informsPienaarsrivier community

RichardNghonyamafrom the PublicProtector’soffice ex-plained to thepeople whathis office doesfor them.Photo: LizzyBapela

nearby offices. Lambert Moloto of the de-partment said the bursary covers all ex-penses for the whole course excludingprivate lessons.While distributing information, Richard

Nghonyama from the Public Protector’soffice also demonstrated to the public whathis office does for them.Maria Ramoshaba from the Waterberg

GCIS was also present, encouraging peo-ple to sacrifice their Valentine’s celebra-tions and attend the viewing of the presi-dent’ State of the Nation address. She alsoencouraged them to attend public meet-ings that leaders call so they can meetand interact with them.This follows the finding that some of

the community members did not knowthe executive mayor of WaterbergTlotlanang Mogotlane and other politi-cal principals in person but just readabout them in the newspapers.Ramoshaba also distributed key hold-ers to the public.

Lizzy Bapela

Various government departments in theWaterberg visited Pienaarsrivier to takepart in an information day at the local com-munity hall on Wednesday, 13 February.The area is a small township under the

Bela Bela Local Municipality that coversthe rural area Rapotokwane and is led byCouncillor Petrus Aphane.Members of the community flocked to

the hall to receive information about gov-ernment programmes and opportunitiesavailable, especially for the youth.Representatives from the Public Protec-

tor, Health and Social Development, Agri-culture and Government Communicationsand Information System (GCIS) amongothers displayed their branding boards anddistributed pamphlets with information andcontact details of their departments.The Department of Agriculture has bur-

saries available and interested learnerscan visit the department’s website or

Tourism stakeholders in Waterberg

Lizzy Bapela

Various tourism stakeholders from acrossthe Waterberg interacted with a delegationfrom the Travel Agents Federation of India(TAFI) during a recent TourismStakeholders Forum.The forum was an initiative by the Limpopo

Tourism Agency (LTA) CEO, Nocks Seabi,with the MEC for Limpopo Economic De-velopment, Environment and Tourism(LEDET), Pinky Kekana, and executivemayor of Waterberg District, TlotlanangMogotlane.The forum took place at Doorndraai Dam

and Entabeni Legend Lodge inMookgophong on Friday, 22 February.The event was also used as a platform

for the CEO, MEC and executive mayor tointeract, network and strengthen relationswith media and tourism stakeholders. Thestakeholders deliberated on issues of com-mon interest and all parties were given anopportunity to reflect on experiences andto raise concerns and frustrations.The agency hosted tourism learners as

part of their People and Parks program andthe learners engaged in activities such astubing, fishing and game drive on the day.The learners also drove to Entabeni wherethey also interacted with the delegation

from TAFI who are on a pre-conversion tourand trade workshop in South Africa.Spokesperson for the agency, Kgatla

Ntlhekeng, said that the workshop focuseson the Limpopo product offerings to the In-dian market.Twenty-five tourism learners from five high

schools in the Waterberg Region, whichare situated near the Dam Resort, wereaccompanied by their educators during thetour. These schools include Rampola,Makhutjisha, Gojela, Waterberg High andHoërskool Piet Potgieter.Ntlhekeng said that the LTA successfully

launched a three-year Domestic UmbrellaMarketing plan in July 2012, which yieldedpositive results during the festive season.Seabi said during his speech that he wouldbe rolling out the campaign to all the fivedistricts of the province.He tabled his vision to all the stakeholders

and media in the Waterberg Region on theday of the forum. The CEO, MEC and ex-ecutive mayor acknowledged and pledgedto strengthen their partnership in workingtogether to attract more tourists in the dis-trict.Modimolle mayor, Kgaretja Lekalakala,

and Thabazimbi mayor, Patricia Mosito,with councillors and municipal officials alsoattended the event.

Tourismstakeholdersenjoyed a boatride after thetourism event heldat Doorndraai Damin Mookgophong.The stakeholdersalso enjoyed gamedrives and fishingduring the day.Photo: LizzyBapela

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Fruit of the Spirit Bishop Silas Tlou

Galatians 5:22-23 – “But the fruit ofthe Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbear-ance, kindness, goodness, faithful-ness, gentleness and self-control.Against such things there is no law.”Love will enable us to appreciate our

brothers and sisters in the Lord. John13:1 – “It was just before the Passo-ver Festival. Jesus knew that the hourhad come for him to leave this worldand go to the Father. Having loved hisown who were in the world, he lovedthem to the end.” Jesus is the ulti-mate example of what love should be.Love is to build up and meet the needsof others.John 15:11 – “I have told you this so

that my joy may be in you and thatyour joy may be complete.” Joy willallow us to enjoy our relationship withChrist, His creation, others, and ourcircumstances. ,Peace is surrendering and yielding

ourselves to the Lord. Once we makereal peace with God, we will be ableto make and maintain peace with oth-ers. Isaiah 26:3 – “You will keep inperfect peace those whose minds aresteadfast, because they trust in you.”Psalm 33:20 – “We wait in hope for

the Lord; He is our help and ourshield.” Patience is accepting difficultsituations from God, without makingdemands or conditions. Patience al-lows us to endure a less than desir-able situation, to make us useful.Kindness is the love of Jesus made

real in our lives. Ephesians 4:32 – “Bekind and compassionate to one an-other, forgiving each other, just as inChrist God forgave you.” Kindness isthe essence that shows the world thatwe are a Christian, like the fragrancecoming from a flower.Goodness is doing the right thing,

even when it does not feel like weshould, as Joseph did. He was be-trayed and sold as a slave, yet, hechose to make his situation intosomething good, and to help and treatothers better than he needed to.Romans 1:17 – “For in the gospel the

righteousness of God is revealed, arighteousness that is by faith from firstto last, just as it is written: “The right-eous will live by faith.” Faithfulness sthe application of our faith in action. Italso means being dependable. It is notfaith itself, rather, the fruit and char-acter of faith.Philippians 4: 5 – “Let your gentle-

ness be evident to all. The Lord isnear.” Gentleness is the character thatwill show calmness, personal care,and tenderness in meeting the needsof others.Self-control is allowing God to be in

control of our will and heart. This willallow us to have discipline and re-straint, with obedience to God andothers. It is not allowing distractionsto derail or remove us from His willand plan, so we will not be held backfrom what Christ called us to do.1 Corinthians 6:12 – “I have the right

to do anything,” you say; but not eve-rything is beneficial. “I have the rightto do anything” but I will not be mas-tered by anything.”

Chief whip of theBela Bela LocalMunicipality,Spando Maluleka,turned 50 onWednesday, 20February. Shespent the daywith her friendsand family at herhome in Bela Belaand said that shewould throwherself a party onFriday, 8 March.Photo: LizzyBapela

The Premier of Limpopo, CasselMathale, touched on service deliveryin his State of the Province addresson 21 February in Lebowakgomo.“We strongly feel it is befitting to

extend a word of gratitude to our pub-lic servants who continue to renderservices to our people, at times underdifficult conditions. It is through thehard work, dedication and commit-ment of our public servants that ourprovince has been able to scoop anumber of awards at national level inthis financial year,” he said.It is no small wonder that this state-

ment did not impress most residentsof the province. Opposition partiessaid that it was clear to them thatservice delivery was not a priority forMathale.This week’s edition of The BEAT

focusses on two stories that show thepoor state of service delivery in theprovince.A woman in Bela Bela is living in

appalling conditions after her wardcouncillor allegedly told her to demol-ish a part of her house in order to makeroom for a RDP structure. The con-tractors even poured the foundation.She has been living with half a housefor 7 months now, because the mu-nicipality allegedly did not make sureabout the building code before askingher to knock a giant hole in her house.In Lephalale, residents of the town-

ship are struggling daily for clean wa-ter to drink. The municipality does notthink that it is a big problem. Munici-pal spokesperson, NakampeMonyepao, even goes as far as to say,“Interruption of delivery of water is justa temporary inconvenience.” Resi-dents who have to struggle every daydo not think it is merely an inconven-ience.Both opposition parties and allies of

the ruling party voiced their displeas-ure with Mathale’s seemingly carelessattitude towards service delivery.COSATU provincial secretary, DanSebabi, said that they think there isno better time for him to resign.The DA criticised the premier for not

mentioning the textbook crisis oncein his address. The address did notmention anti corruption measures, thepoor performance of municipalities orways of improving healthcare.Mathale seems to refuse to take re-

sponsibility for the poor service deliv-ery record in the province. He onlymentioned it once in his address, say-ing that his administration was work-ing with the national government toaddress the issues that led to the in-tervention of the national government.In the end, the people of Limpopo

have to withstand the worst of the factthat government probably does notseem to care about service deliveryand the daily survival of its residents.

The people deserve service

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Private Bag X1609 Bela Bela 0480

NOTICE NO: 6/13All applicants who were allocated middle income stands at Bela-Bela Extension 7 and Bela-Bela Extension 8 are requested to:1. To submit and finalise Deed of Sales with the municipality.2. To pay the outstanding balances on their allocated stands.3. All the applicants who are having queries regarding their

allocated stands must submit a written query at theMunicipal Record before 9 March 2013.

Acting Municipal ManagerMafa D

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BELA-BELA LAND USESCHEME, 2008

APPLICATION FOR SPE-CIAL CONSENT IN TERMSOF CLAUSE 21 OF THEBELA-BELA LAND-USESCHEME, 2008 TO PERMITA PARAFFIN TANKER ONTHE PREMISES TO SELLPARAFFINNotice is hereby given that,in terms of Clause 21 of Bela-Bela Land-use Scheme 2008,I we, the undersigned, intendapplying to the Bela-BelaMunicipality for SpecialConsent to establish a Paraf-fin Tanker on Portion 58 aportion of portion 2 of thefarm Het Bad 465 KR zonedBusiness 1 known as Route101 Business Park, PotgieterStreet Bela-Bela Unit E2, E3,E4.Plans and/or particulars relat-ing to the application may beinspected during office houseat Bela-Bela Cash and CarryPortion 58 a portion of por-tion 2 of the farm Het Bad 465KR known as Route 101Business Park, PotgieterStree Bela-Bela Unit E2, E3,E4 or at the offices of the Man-ager: Planning and Develop-ment, Bela-Bela Municipality,Chris Hani Drive, Bela-Bela.Any person having any ob-jections to the granting ofthis application must lodgesuch objection together withthe grounds thereof in writ-ing, with both the Manager:Planning and Development,Bela-Bela Municipality andthe undersigned not later than15 March 2013.Applicant’s Details:Full name: Devland Cash &Carry Pty Ltd Reg No: 1997/003371/07Address: Unit E2, Portion 58a portion 2 of the farm HetBad 465 KR known as Route101 Bisiness Park, PotgieterStreet Bela-Bela.Tel: (Home) 083 786 7358(Zakir Moola)Tel: (Work) 083 786 7358(01/3).

MODIMOLLE LOCALMUNICIPALITY

AMENDMENT SCHEMENOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR AMENDMENT OFTHE TOWN-PLANNINGSCHEME IN TERMS OFSECTION 56(1)(b)(i) OFTHE TOWN-PLANNINGAND TOWNSHIPS ORDI-NANCE, 1986(ORDINANCE 15 OF 1986)I, Nicola Ludik being theauthorized agent for the reg-

istered owners of the follow-ing properties hereby givenotice in terms of Section56(1)(b)(i) of the Town Plan-ning and Townships Ordi-nance, 1986, (Ordinance 15of 1986) that I have appliedto the Modimolle Local Mu-nicipality for the amendmentof the Town Planning schemein operation known as theModimolle Land UseScheme, 2004 by the rezon-ing of the property describedbelow, situated within thejuriction of the ModimolleLocal Municipality as fol-lows:MODIMOLLE AMEND-MENT SCHEME 277:-Erf 25/2964 Nylstroom Ext11, located in the Koro CreekGolf Estate, Modimolle from“Special” for CorporateUnits and / or “Residential”purposes to “Business 3”;All relevant documents relat-ing to the applications willbe open for inspection duringnormal office hours at the of-fices of the Modimolle LocalMunicipality, The DivisionalManager: Town-Planning,Ground Floor, ModimolleMunicipal Building, HarryGwala Street, Modimolle fora period of 28 days i.e. 22February 2013 to 22 March2013.Any person who wishes toobject to the applications orsubmit representations in re-spect thereof must lodge thesame in writing to PrivateBag x1008, Modimolle 0510or lodge it with theModimolle Local Municipal-ity at its address and roomnumber specified above on orbefore 22 March 2013.Name and address of agent:Nicola Ludik,ALTO AFRICA TOWNPLANNING & DEVELOP-MENT CONSULTANTS,P.O. Box 3007,Modimolle,0510.Tel: 076 606 6372 (01/3).

NOTICE OF THEPUBLIC PARTICIPA-

TION PROCESS &INVITATION TO

REGISTER AS ANINTERESTED ANDAFFECTED PARTY

Notice is hereby given in ac-cordance with Regulations54(2)(c)(i) of Goverment No-tice R, 543 of 2010 promul-gated in terms of the NationalEnvironmental ManagementAct (Act 107 of 1998) asamended. The proposedproject is for the demarcationof 500 sites at Mookgophong.The development will takeplace on portion 60 and 61 ofthe farm Grootvalley 530 KRwithin the MookgophongLocal Municipality,Waterberg District of theLimpopo Province. The pro-posed development will en-tails the following demarca-tion of sites:High density development -1 siteResidential - 480 sitesCreche - 2 sitesChurches - 2 sitesMunicipal - 4 sitesSports field - 1 siteParksThe project is listed inGorverment Notice R.545 ofthe National EnvironmentalManagement Act (Act 107 of1998) as amended. An appli-cation for environmental au-thorization has been lodged

with the Limpopo Depart-ment of Economic Develop-ment, Environment and Tour-ism (DEDET Reference: 12/1/9/2-W35)(NEAS reference:LIM/EIA/0000555/2013).The development will un-dergo a full impact assess-ment process. The draftscoping report and draft en-vironmental impact assess-ment report will be madeavailable for review andcomment upon written re-quest. A copy of the draft re-ports will also be placed atthe Mookgophong LocalMunicipality offices forpublic review. Interestedand affected parties (I&APs)are hereby invited to regis-ter, provide written com-ments together with theirname, contact details and anindication of any directbusoness, financial, per-sonal or other interestedwhich they have in the ap-plicat ion to the contactpersonindicated belowwithin 40 days of the pub-lishing of this notice.For further information per-taining to the project ,kindly contact PhakiPhakanani EnvironmentalConsultants.Contact Person:PHAKI PHAKANANI EN-VIRONMENTAL CON-SULTANTSMs. Segopotse MabuleP.O. Box 1198, Fauna Park0787Tel: 015 295 7391Fax: 086 618 5960Email: segopotse@phakanani.co.za

MOOKGOPHONGAMENDMENT SCHEME

No. 68We, Vanguard Planning In-corporated, being the au-thorised agent of the own-ers of the property men-t ioned below, herewithgives notice in terms of Sec-tion 56 (1) (b) (i) of theTown-Planning and Town-ships Ordinance, 1986 (Or-dinance No. 15 of 1986),that we have applied to theMookgophong Municipal-ity for the amendment of theTown Planning Scheme,known as theMookgophong Land UseScheme, 2010 for the rezon-ing of Erf 1507 ,Naboomspruit, Registra-t ion Division K.R.,Limpopo Province from ‘In-dustrial 1’ to ‘Industrial 2’.Particulars of the applica-tion will lie for inspectionduring normal office hours atthe office of the Manager:Technical Services,Mookgophong Municipal-i ty: Cnr Nelson MandelaDrive and Sixth StreetMookgophong for a period of28 days from 01 March 2013(the date of the first publica-tion of the notice).Objections to, or representa-tions in respect of the appli-cation must be lodged with ormade in writing to the Munici-pal Manager at the above-mentioned address or PrivateBag X340 Mookgophong0560, within a period of 28days from 01 March 2013.Address of agent:Vanguard planning Incorpo-rated, PO Box 383,Mokopone, 0600,thevanguard@icon.co.za (8/3)

Kepile Events and Academia Pri-vate School have joined hands toset up a Gospel Show for the resi-dents of Bela-Bela and the sur-rounding areas. This initiative is ajoined attempt to provide qualityChristian Music and entertainmentto the people of Bela-Bela.Annual event to raise fundsThe aim is to have this event an-

nually and to promote a Christianorientated festival for the Bela Belaregion.The Gospel show will also serve

as a fundraising event to cover thecosts of Academia Private School’s

Promotion

World-class gospel show in Bela Bela

S’fiso Ncwane started singing atthe age of eight and released hismost recent album, Kulungile Babain 2011. Photo: Supplied

annual excursion to London. Eng-land. This is a life-changing trip thatselected learners make every year.Famous gospel singers on stageThe Gospel show will take place

on 3 March at the SANFA SoccerStadium in Bela Bela. The concertwill begin at 09:00 and is an all-day event.The show will provide a platform

for local artists to promote theirmusic with nationally acclaimedartists. The artists who will performat the event are Deborah Fraser,S’fiso Ncwane, Lundi, M’zet,Nkosanna and Ronnie.Fraser, Ncwane and TyamareDeborah Fraser is a South African

gospel artist with a solo careerspanning close to decade withmore than a million units sold, ce-menting her status as a singer ofincomparable power in the traditionof richly melodious, faith-basedpleasant music.Born in 1966, in KwaMashu in the

KwaZulu Natal province, shestarted singing at school. Initiallystaying in Durban, she moved toJohannesburg, in the Gauteng prov-ince in 1985 to seek greener pas-tures in the recording industry.She started out working with com-

poser, singer and gospel producerMthunzi Namba who also hails fromher province.Deborah Fraser is a winner of the

first SABC Crown Gospel Music

award in the Best Female Artistcategory, amongst other awards.S’fiso Ncwane was born in Port

Shepstone, Kwa-Zulu Natal in 1979.Despite coming from a very poorfamily background, S’fiso discov-ered his God-given talent of beingblessed with an amazing musicaltalent.He started singing at the age of

eight. When he reached 10, he be-gan singing isiCathamiya gospelsongs. His first release with EMIwas Baba Ngiyabonga and finallyIsisphephelo Sami.At the Crown Gospel Music

Awards in November 2010 S’fisowon Best Male Gospel Artist forBaba Ngiyavuma and Best GospelSong for Phakama Nkosi.In July 2011, he released his most

recent album, Kulungile Baba. Thiswas another smash hit. The albumhas been featured extensively ontelevision and in the print media.The album is distributed by RevolverRecords.Gospel singer, Lundi Tyamare, has

won her battle against drugs and ismaking the biggest comeback inthe music industry singe 2010.Co-organiser of the event, Frans

Mothokoa, said that the event willmean a lot to residents in Bela Bela.“It is high time that people supportarts and entertainment in Bela Bela.We are a tourism destination afterall,” he said.

These learners are the new chosen leaders for 2013 at Jinnah Park Primary School in Bela-Bela. Photo:Supplied

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Federer rocks Govhu Village

Lizzy Bapela

Two athletes from Lekkerbreek Primaryschool in Modimolle are due to the rep-

Teaching them the art of reading, Roger Federer reads a book to ecstatic chil-dren during his visit to the créche.Swiss tennis icon Roger Federer visi-ted the rural village of Govhu outside Ma-lamulele, and not for tennis, but to mo-tivate the pupils of the local crèche.Federer, who is at present ranked the

second-best tennis player in the world,and his support staff spent most of theday playing with the children and inter-acting with crèche staff. “I like workingwith children. They are the same ageas my kids and they remind me ofthem,” he said.He visited the village as part of the

Read Foundation’s crèche project. Aspart of the project, he attended a classwith the pupils and also told them aboutthe importance of reading. Interesting-ly, when he showed them a picture of afox, the children all said it was a dog.When he was introduced, everyone

went crazy. Federer was mobbed fren-ziedly by the teachers and members ofthe community, who appreciated the pre-sence of a world star from abroad in theirvillage.One of the teachers, Tsakani Mathe-

bula, said that she and her fellow teach-ers were overwhelmed that someone likeFederer had come to their village. “Thechildren are ecstatic, as you can seefrom the way they mingle with him,” she

said.The Govhu crèche started in 1993 and

has 72 pupils. Mathebula said as partof the project they were receiving studymaterials. “We are also trained by theRead Foundation, which organisesworkshops, and their contribution is in-valuable,” she said.Since 2010, the Roger Federer Foun-

dation has been supporting the Limpo-po Growing to Read project to give chil-dren of this impoverished province abetter start to their schooling. Here thechildren are taught the basics of read-ing, writing and arithmetic.In 2011, the programme was expan-

ded to the Grade R level — the pre-school year children have to pass be-fore starting primary school. Important-ly, parents are being involved throughspecial workshops where they disco-ver how to help with their children’seducation.Due to the excellent results of the

first two years, Read is now able toextend the programme to another 25crèches.The Limpopo programme encompas-

ses establishing and supporting 40day-care centres and 15 Grade R-levelclasses. — LiN News/Limpopo Mirror

Lekkerbreek Primaryathletes go provincial

Lekkerbreek Primary School athletesRegina Mokoena and Prince Monyeki aredue for provincial championships inPolokwane. Lizzy Bapela

resent Waterberg District schools at theprovincial championships.The two, Regina Mokoena (18) and

Prince Monyeki (15), will be competingwith learners from other schools acrossthe province at Peter Mokaba inPolokwane on 2 March.They both won at the district level com-

petitions played at Piet Potgieter HighSchool in Mokopane Saturday, 16 Feb-ruary.Mokoena was competing in the under

19 category when she won the 3 000mevent and Monyeki won the 1500, com-peting against other 15 runners.Three winners from the school emerged

during cluster competitions that tookplace at Warmbad Hoërskool on Satur-day, 9 February.The school’ sports manager, Meshack

Ramaphakela, said that the learnersbrought pride and joy to the school anddeserve the opportunity they are gettingfor their dedication and hard work. Hewished them all the best on behalf ofthe school management.The two will participate in the national

championships scheduled for Port Eliza-beth at a still to be revealed date if theywin in Polokwane.

Karabo Maloka, of the Eden PrivateSchool, started running as a hobby,but began taking it seriously aftershe took home her first medal.Karabo will be among the athleteswho will represent the district dur-ing the provincial schools athleticsmeet. “I am trying to balance mysport and my studies,” she said.Photo: Supplied

TheseLekkerbreekPrimary teacherscelebrated theirbirthdays togetheron Thursday, 21February. Theyare Lydia Sikhu,ChristopherMakobela andRamatsobaneKatjedi. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Bosveldspruitjies Pre-primary School held their annual Shavathon to raise funds forand create awareness about cancer in South Africa. Shavathon is an official CANSAproject. Photos: Supplied

Learners of Spa Park Primary Schooldressed up for Valentine’s Day andcelebrated the day with littlepresents they received from theirfriends and parents. Photo: LizzyBapela

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The SAFA Waterberg regional league hasofficially finished their last games in

Stream A and Stream C over the pastweekend. However, there are still a fewgames outstanding.The log leaders of both streams might

not be on top for much longer, becausethe results of the outstanding games couldchange everything.Total Surrender does not want to surren-

der their top spot on the league log. Theywon their game against Young Black Liz-ards by default on Saturday, 23 Febru-ary.

NTK Happy Boys lost 3-1 against Diesel n Dust on Saturday, 23February. Photo: Mzamane Ringane

Pirates also extended theirlead when they beat TroubleMakers 2-1 while A1 Terrorsplayed to a 1-1 draw with Ba-zooka. NTK Happy Boys lost3-1 against Diesel nDust.In Stream C,

Ocean Birds need amiracle to win thetit le, becauseSeleka Callies is intop form. They havebeen in top formsince the beginningof the season.Seleka Call ies

beat Super Eagles7-0 on 23 Februaryand will be hard topush down to the second spot.Seleka have there games out-standing while Ocean Birdshave six games in hand. OceanBirds beat Zaba FC 5-0 on 23February.The Stream B teams still have

six games to play before theend of their season. Beneficaare in second position on thelog and they have to win big ifthey want to beat log leaders

Yster United. Yster are lead-ing the log with 35 points whileBenefica are trailing with 30points.On Saturday, 23 February,

Yster United beatMokopane StoneBreakers 1-0.Benefica beatMaxoma FC with atriumphant f inalscore of 14-0 on thesame day. ThabaFC beat DimakatsoSundowns 3-2.Dynasty and

M o s e s e t j a n eUnited played to a2-2 draw while Sim-ple Yellows lost 4-0

against Mokopane MorningStars.Real Madrid played to a 1-1

draw with Mookgophong AllStars.On Sunday, 24 February,

Mosesetjane All Stars beat thelog leaders, Yster United, 2-1while Thaba FC lost 4-2 to RealMadrid. Mokopane StoneBreakers played a 1-1 drawwith Mookgopong All Stars.

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