The Beat 30 April 2015

30 April 2015

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Two men from Olverton and Alexanderin the Gauteng Province are expectedto appear in the Bela-Bela Magistrate’sCourt this week following their arrestafter they allegedly robbed a clothingstore on Friday, 24 April. The ClusterTask Team was patrolling the CBDwhen they learned that a robbery was inprogress at the Bela-Bela Edgars Activeon Chris Hani Drive and respondedswiftly to the incident.According to information received,

three men entered the store. Theyappeared to be customers andapproached the security guards on dutyone at a time for assistance. Thesuspects then allegedly held the twosecurity guards and three members ofstaff, including the manager, who ispregnant, hostage, and helpedthemselves to the store’s valuables.They loaded clothes and cell phonesinto their getaway vehicles. There wereseven suspects, using two vehicles.The affected staff members weremoved to a nearby store and treated forshock following the incident.The police on the scene stated that it

is possible that the suspects are linkedto recent robberies at other clothingstores in Bela-Bela and Thabazimbi,including Markhams and Legit.Eyewitnesses told The BEAT that thesuspects were wearing clothing fromMarkhams with the price tags still on.Staff from nearby stores said that they

had been shocked by what they wereseeing. They said that they froze andwere unable to phone the police.The police noticed the situation while

they were patrolling and reacted withcommendable speed, learning of thehostage situation and stepping in toassist.Police spokesperson Constable Glen

Manamela said that the security guardspointed out the suspects to the police,who managed to arrest two of the fivesuspects. The other five managed toflee the scene.Constable Manamela said that the

Gauteng gang up forrobbing Bela-Bela store

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suspects were found in possession ofan unlicensed firearm, unlicensed liveammunition, a magazine and four bagsof clothes and cellphones alreadypacked and ready for departure. Sheadded that the police have opened acase of robbery and investigations are

The Bela-Bela police reacted swiftly to a suspicious situation at the local EdgarsActive store. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

proceeding.The task team leader, Warrant Officer

Sello Mangana, appreciated theperformance undertaken by the officersat the scene and highlighted that thepublic’s assistance in the form of tip-offs always assist the police in making

breakthroughs on cases such as this.The suspects were remanded tocustody when they appeared in court onTuesday, 28 April, and their casepostponed to Tuesday, 12 May.

The suspects had their getaway vehicleparked in front of the store and ready toload the stolen items. Photo: LizzyBapela

Customers and passers-by did not madesure they were present to see what wasgoing on at the shop. Photo: LizzyBapela

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A gruesome farm attack took place inVaalwater on Friday, 23 April, shocking thecommunity.Ian van Druten (44) was shot twice in the

face and is in a critical condition at UnitasHospital in Pretoria. He is being kept in anartificial coma in the hopes that this willfacilitate his recovery.“Ian and I woke up just after 02:00,” said

Wilma van Druten, Ian’s wife of 18 years.“He wanted to go check up on the stores,and I wanted to bring our admin up to date.”According to Wilma, her husband left the

back door and the steel security door openwhen he slipped out, armed only with atorch.“I heard him scream and ran to the back

door as fast as I could. He was wrestling withtwo men on the grass just outside thekitchen. He was trying to hit them with thetorch. I tried to close the steel door, but Icouldn’t.”Wilma said that she tried to see if anyone

was approaching the house.“I saw one of the men lift his hand, holding

what looked like a handgun. But I onlyrealized that he had fired when I saw smokecoming from the barrel. The shot ricochetedjust to the left of my head. It scared me and Ileft the steel door in order to close thewooden back door and lock it.”Wilma then went to check on her

daughters Annika (11) and Wiané (14), whowere hiding in Annika’s room. Both girls arestudents at Waterberg Academy inVaalwater.“I phoned our neighbor, Tienie van Vuuren,

and told him that he had to call the policeand as many other people as he could, andtell them we needed help. I heard someonetrying the back door, but nobody got in,” shesaid. “All I could think was that they wereprobably scared that I had summoned thepolice and were too afraid to stay longer.”Wilma waited with her daughters for the

police to arrive.“I heard Ian calling for me and looked out

the bathroom window and saw him alone onthe grass. I hadn’t realized until that moment

Marlene Vermaakthat he had been shot. The attackers didn’tmake a sound during the attack. I didn’t hearany shots either, so I suspect their weaponwas a small-caliber handgun.”Wilma only realized once she got outside

that her husband had been shot in the face.She called in Dr. Albert Poortier fromVaalwater, who summoned the stateambulance service. In the meantime, Wilmahelped her husband to their bakkie andloaded him in.“Ian was having difficulty breathing and

couldn’t speak,” she said. “He also couldn’tuse the left side of his body and because Icouldn’t get him in by myself, he pulledhimself in with his right arm. It looked asthough they fired a shot into his mouth,which damaged his throat and neck. Therewas a lot of blood.”It was later determined that Ian was shot

twice. One of the bullets broke his jaw and iscurrently lodged in his cheek. The secondshot did the most damage, passing througha major artery in his neck. Both shots arethought to have entered through his mouth.Aside from the gunshot wounds, his onlyother injuries are bruises on his hands,where it appears that he tried to defendhimself.He was stabilized at Poortier’s offices and

in the ambulance, before being transferredto a private ambulance which took him toUnitas hospital. His heart stopped en routeand paramedics were forced to resort toemergency measures.“Ian and I have been living here for 18

years,” a tearful Wilma told The BEAT.“You don’t realise how much people carefor you until times like these. My thanks toeach and every person who came to help,for each call and text I received.”On Monday, 28 April, Ian’s condition was

described as critical but stable. The leftside of his body is currently paralyzed.Doctors are not certain whether theparalysis is permanent. His jaw andsternum were both broken during theattack and neither bullet could beremoved, as they are in dangerous spots.Doctors are waiting for the swelling in hisbrain to go down before making a finaldiagnosis.

Foreigners, all Zimbabwian andPakistani, owners of spaza shops inExtensions 1 and 3 of Regorogile,Thabazimbi, including the Meretin shopin another extension, were taken to thesafety of the Thabazimbi Police Stationwhile their shops were looted onMonday night. One of the shops wasset alight.On Monday night at about 22:30 a

group of community members, allegedto have been concerned about a rapistbeing active around Thabazimbi,gathered at the four-ways stop enteringRegorogile, where one of the spazashops were located. The Police arrivedto disperse the people. Apparently thecrowd was told that the rapist has lefttown and was nowhere to be found.Upon this they blocked the road withstones and started burning tyres.They even uplifted pavement, next to

the road, to use as material along withstones to block the road enteringRegorogile.This allegedly was the spark that led

the looting of stock from four foreigner’stuck shops. As all the owners use theirshops as living space, they were quicklyevicted by the police and were taken toThabazimbi SAPS for safety. Shoutswere heard demanding that theforeigners have to go back to wherethey came from.The looting of foreigner shops went on

until about 03:00 Tuesday morningwhen the mobs were eventuallydispersed by the SAPS. At this stagethe value of the looted stock isunknown and no injuries were reported.The commotion woke inhabitants of

Regorogile who got out of bed to findout what it was all about. According to

Crime prevention forums in Bela-Belasay they are excited about the successthey have had with their latest massaction patrol.A mass patrol was held in and around

Bela-Bela on Saturday, 18 April inconjunction with Afri-Forum, the localpolice and safety forums in variousareas. A total of sixteen arrests weremade on this particular day.During a recap meeting on

Wednesday 22 April, stakeholdersagreed that the operation had been asuccess and that they faced minorglitches especially wherecommunication is concerned.The safety coordinator for Afri-Forum

in Bela-Bela,Tarien Cooks, said thatalthough members used differentmethods of communication, radiocommunication worked best due to thefrequency range and longer batterylifespan especially when on patrol.She did not try to discourage any of

the members from using their ownmethods and explained that each forumshould decide which form ofcommunication works best for them.“From my experience, radio

communication works best but it eachforum must decide whether they want tocommunicate with radios or apps such

Xenophobic violence strikes Thabazimbi

unconfirmed reports it was started byyoung men, but soon women andyoung children were drawn in. Childrenthrew stones at window shops afterwhich adults started looting, breakingopen doors with koevoet’s.Four cases of burglary in business

were opened and eight people werearrested at the moment. More policeofficials are posted at Regorogile as thesituation is not stable at the moment.On Saturday 25 April there was an

unrelated incident at about 07:00 at asmall spaza shop if a Pakistani ownerwhere the shop was burgled and R2000cash was stolen. — LiN Media/DieKwêvoël.

Several foreign-owned shops werevandalised. Photo supplied

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as WhatsApp or Zello,” she said.She warned that should a forum

decide to use radios that they shouldensure that these are registered withthe Independent CommunicationsAuthority of South Africa (ICASA) inorder to avoid a hefty fine.There are many issues that forums

said need swift attention. Arnaud leRoux of the Bela-Bela fire protectionunit said that they have noticedseveral cases of bad habits whenusing fire.Le Roux said that this needs to be

attended to and noted during theirnext mass operation especially sincefire season is at hand.The Bela-Bela police commissioner,

Lindie Marx, said the operation hasled police to identify several hotspotsespecially where illegal immigrantsare concerned. She furtherannounced that crime has reducedsince the announcement of thecampaign but warned that membersshould remain vigilant.“Crime is increasing in other areas.

Things are looking much better inBela-Bela but this does not mean thatwe should not remain vigilant,” shesaid.It has further been proposed that the

operation should form towns disastermanagement part and be proposed assuch in future.

The van Druten home, where the attacktook place. There is a bullet hole to theright of the back door, and blood isvisible on the grass where van Drutenwas shot. Photo: Marlene Vermaak

Ian van Druten, who was brutallyattacked at his home on Friday, 24April. Photo supplied

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Sixteen years ago, on 24 April 1999,Sergeant Andries Molambo of the then-Nylstroom police station was drivingquite peacefully along the N1 betweenNylstroom and Naboomspruit.He was patrolling and deep in thought,

and the police vehicle’s windows wereopen. Near the Middelfontein turnoff hespotted a woman in the veld, lying onthe ground and crying. He wasimmediately on the alert, being aware ofthe possibility of a trap. He passed byfirst, and then turned around and, afterhaving had a good look at the area,stopped his vehicle and approachedher.The young Jeanette Mabola from

Phagameng had been returning homefrom a visit to family in Naboomspruit.At the Middelfontein turnoff, the heavilypregnant woman asked the taxi driver,who was on his way to Gauteng, to stopso that she could take a connectingroute home. Unfortunately, nobodystopped, and she watched vehicle aftervehicle passing her by.When her labour pains became

unbearable she walked a little way into theveld and lay down under a tree. This iswhere Molambo found her.Molambo, who has since retired, told Die

Pos at the time that he got quite the frightwhen he realized that he was facing awoman in labour. He immediately used hisradio to call for help, but was informed thatthere was no ambulance immediatelyavailable.“I yelled for help,” he told Die Pos. “I

probably sounded like I was beingattacked by a lion!”When the sergeant realized that no help

was going to be forthcoming, he askedMabolola to get into his vehicle, but shewas already too weak.“I told myself: Now you’ve got to think,

because this is a course you haven’tcovered yet,” he said. He ran back to hisvehicle again and, out of pure panic, told awhite lie, and told them that it was twins,and one of them had already been born.Two other officers heard his cry for help,and picked up two nurses and rushed tothe scene.But while Molambo was still wondering

what to do, the time came. So he did whathe’d seen on television and heard from

other people: He tried to keep the youngmother calm and made sure that thebaby’s face was clear. He was busy takingoff his shirt to wrap the newborn in whenthe nurses arrived.Mabolola named her baby Andrew, after

Molambo. Molambo put the article thathad appeared in Die Pos at the time withhis other awards. He visited mother andbaby in the hospital and twice later, butthey lost contact after that.Die Pos located Molambo last month with

the help of the Modimolle police stationand last weekend he and baby Andrewmet again for the first time in 16 years.Andrew, whose biological father changedhis name to Jackson, lives with hisgrandparents Piet and Martha Mabolola inSediba Street, Phagameng, along with histwo brothers, Johannes (24) andTshapang (7). Their mother died whenJackson was seven years old, and they donot have regular contact with their father.Jackson was clearly touched when he

met Molambo this week, and was alsoshown the newspaper article that hadappeared in Die Pos at the time. Hispeople had never told him what happenedthat day, although he had heard that he

Sergeant LesebaAndriesMolambo, sixteenyears ago, withbaby Andrew(Jackson)Mabolola in hisarms. With themis Jackson’smother, JeanetteMabolola, whohas passedaway. This photoappeared in DiePos at the time.

Jackson (16)and hisbrothersTshapang (7)and Johannes(24) Mabolola,with SergeantLeseba(Andries)Molambo. Thedetective andJackson saweach other lastweek for thefirst time insixteen years.

Good Samaritan meets child he helped deliver

was born in the veld.“I believe this story,” said his brother

Johannes. “Of all of us in this house,Jackson is the strongest. He doesn’tcry. He never cries.”Surprised, Molambo confirmed: “That

was surprising to me too. He didn’t crythat day in the veld either. Just one yelland then he was quiet.”Jackson is a Grade 10 learner at

Solomon Mahlangu High School inPhagameng, and says that he wants tobe a policeman.“There are too many gangs and too

much crime in this country,” he said. “Iwant to serve my country.”He turns the yellowed newspaper

article around and around in his hands.He looks at the woman (his mother) onthe photo, and the police officer with thebaby in his arms, and every now andthen casts a questioning look atMolambo.“The Lord’s hand was sheltering us

that day,” says Molambo. “I think Hehas a plan for your life, and I’m notgoing to wait another sixteen yearsbefore I come to see how you’re doing,”he promises.


The ANC in Limpopo joined theinternational community in condemningthe recent spate of xenophobic attacks onforeign nationals in South Africa. Theparty’s Provincial Executive Committee(PEC) partnered with numerous strategicpartners, its alliance partners, businesses,and the Polokwane City Football Club tosupport the fight against the attacks. ThePEC conducted an anti-xenophobiamarch on Friday, 24 April.The party’s provinicial secretary, Knocks

Seabi, said that people from across theprovince took part and commenced at10:00 in the City of Polokwane, from theSABC Park toward the Jack Botes Hall atthe Civic Centre. He added that the marchwas meant to discourage the recent spateof attacks.Seabi also said that the march sought to

discourage further attacks of xenophobiaand commend law-abiding citizens whoare embracing people of foreignextraction. The PEC mobilized over athousand people from all parts of theprovince to participate and stand insolidarity with citizens who are againstracism and xenophobia.The Mogalakwena Municpality

postponed their march againstxenophobia which had been scheduled forWednesday, 29 April. No date for themarch has yet been set. The municipalityapologized for the inconvenience as themarch preparations had already beenunderway.The local mayor Tlhalefi Mashamaite

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The Working on Fire (WoF) Limpopo’sFire Awareness Unit launched their2015 Fire Awareness Campaign in theWaterberg District. The launch eventtook place at Moshia Secondary SchoolHall in Mabaleng, Alma near Vaalwateron Wednesday, 15 April. The campaignhas been running from mid-April andwill continue until Tuesday, 12 May.Spokesperson for the Working on Fire

Limpopo Matema Gwangwa said thatthe purpose of the campaign was toalert people to the dangers of wild landfires and to prepare them for theupcoming 2015 fire season. She addedthat the fire awareness campaign runsin the areas which are prone to wildland fires.The Department’s Fire Awareness

Training Officer in Limpopo PennyPhukubye highlighted that they havebeen guided by the fire statistics report,which they received from their DispatchDepartment. She added that the reportindicates the areas which had morefires during the 2014 fire season.

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aimed to address the issues surroundingxenophobia and the total shutdown of thetown during a recent march. All sectors ofthe community were invited to take part inthe march.The Public Relations Institute of South

Africa in Limpopo also urged communitiesto support the movement againstxenophobia, saying that violence againstforeign nationals should be condemned inthe strongest terms.“Our belief is that any person who

commits a crime should face the full forceof the law, whatever their citizenship,” saidPrisais Limpopo Regional Committeemember Malesela Maubane.“We are saying no to xenophobia and are

making a call to all South Africans toembrace foreign nationals, especiallythose who are in our country due to volatilesituations in their own countries,” he said.

Limpopo ANC Provincial SecretaryKnocks Seabi. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Limpopo fire fighters launch 2015Fire Awareness Campaign

During the launch the fire fightersembarked on a fuel reduction project,where they did the slashing in thecommunity of Alma Extension. Theyalso conducted the removal of thewaste on the streets of Alma.The team was joined by local

community members who wereinterested in the campaign and theefforts of the fire fighters. Localcouncillor and chief whip of ModimolleLocal Municipality Grace Mashitishowas also present to witness theattention that was given to hercommunity and the demonstrations bythe fire fighters of what goes on in theirline of duty. The Modimolle EPWP(Expanded Public Works Programme)team also joined the WoF Alma teamwhen conducting the fuel load reductionproject.“This was the first Fire Awareness

campaign in the community of Alma andwe will ensure that we conduct moreawareness campaigns, which will alsoinclude workshops for the localcommunity members on the dangers offire,” said Phukubye.

The fire fighters cut the grass onthe streets of Alma. Photo: LizzyBapela

Councillor Grace Mashitisho joinedin on projects conducted on theday of the launch. Photo: LizzyBapela

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neighbourneighbourneighbourneighbourneighbourIn the holy book of the Christianfaith, the Lord handed down tencommandments. One of thecommandments is to ‘love thyneighbour as thyself.’In a way, that is the most

important of all theCommandments. You wouldn’tmurder yourself, would you? Youwouldn’t steal your own wife orhusband, or bear false witnessagainst yourself?Of course not. The very idea is

ridiculous.Love thy neighbour includes all

the other Commandments — or atleast, all the ones that deal withrelations between humans, ratherthan relations between humansand their God. It calls us to loveour neighbours as though theywere our own flesh, our ownselves.Imagine what a wonderful world

we could have, if we obeyed thatsimple precept. Nobody wouldmurder, if they felt the pain theycaused in their own flesh. Nobodywould rape, or attack someone, orsteal from them, if they could feelthe hurt they caused forthemselves.A large number of South Africans

profess to be Christians. Ourchurches are overflowing!So then why are we murdering

each other? Why are we faced,even today, with citizens bearingfalse witness against theirneighbours? Why do we havepeople whipping up hatred againstthose who are only trying to makea living?Often these people are natives of

nations that had sheltered our ownleaders when they were exiledfrom South Africa.We should be ashamed of

ourselves, each and every one,that something like this hashappened in our country yetagain. That people are beingbeaten and turned out of theirhomes to be forced to depend onthe charity of strangers.Certainly no South African

thought we would ever haverefugee camps in our nation!None of us thought that we wouldbe faced with this humiliatingevidence of our ownincompetence — that we allowthose who have failed in their livesto threaten and harm others whohave made the best of what theyhad.When are we as South Africans

going to learn that we cannotblame external threats or theshadow of the past for our ownfailures? That it is up to us, and usalone, to make our nation intosomething we can be proud of?When will we learn to love our

neighbours as we love ourselves?

Malesela Musana, aMalesela Musana, aMalesela Musana, aMalesela Musana, aMalesela Musana, aMasekhane rMasekhane rMasekhane rMasekhane rMasekhane resident,esident,esident,esident,esident,writes:writes:writes:writes:writes: I am concerned aboutthe quality of the politicalstructures in Bela-Bela Localmunicipality, the body that plansfor community development andservice delivery.Most members of this

structure are ignorant of theirduties and do not care to learn.Every year, SALGA paysR40 000 to Unisa to facilitatestudy for each councillor.Councillors do not attend thesecourses and avoid in-servicetraining. They meet in thecouncil chambers to fight forpositons and to promotenepotism, and the money thatSALGA pays for their educationis squandered.Some councillors do try to

improve the lives of people intheir constituencies, whileothers do not.The Bela-Bela community

has no representation in themunicipality. The councillorsdo not convene communitymeetings to share wardissues, and do not furnishtheir community with feedbackfrom the municipal council.Community members whowant to know more aboutcommunity participation areshunned.They are practicing fascism

in our democratic state,forgetting that the people havethe power to dethrone them.We hope that the higher

government levels will sweepBela-Bela clean.

Foreign nationals shut down their stores during a recent protest by studentsin Mookgophong. Photo: TK Mashaba


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PUBLIC NOTICE CALLING FOR INSPECTION OFSUPPLEMENTARY VALUATION ROLL AND

LODGING OF OBJECTIONSIn terms of the Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act No. 6 of 2004), hereinafterreferred to as the “Act”, it is advised that the 3rd supplementary valuation roll forthe financial year 01 July 2014 to 30 June 2015 is open for public inspection at theoffice of the Chief Financial Officer, Main Building (Chris Hani Drive) during officehours 08:00 to 16:00 from 24 April 2015 to 8 June 2015.In addition the valuation roll will be available as of 24 April 2014 at website:www.belabela.gov.zaAn invitation is hereby made in terms of section 49(l)(a)(ii) and 78(2) of the Actthat any owner of property or other person who so desires should lodge anobjection with the Municipal Manager in respect of any matter reflected in, oromitted from, the supplementary valuation roll within the above-mentionedperiod. Attention is specifically drawn to the fact that in terms of section 50(2)of the Act an objection must be in relation to a specific individual property andnot against the supplementary valuation roll as such. The form for the lodging ofan objection is obtainable at the following address: Revenue Office, Bela-BelaMunicipal Building, Chris Hani Drive, Bela -Bela.The completed forms must be returned to the Revenue Office during officehours, to be registered by the Property Rates Officer: Mr Elias Monyepao orAccountant Rates: Ms Petunia Thobela.For enquiries please phone: Mr. E Monyepao on 014 736 8065 or email:[email protected] or Ms P Thobela on 014 736 8000 or email:[email protected]

Municipal Offices, Chris Hani Drive, Private Bag X1609, BELA-BELA, 0480

MM MalulekaMunicipal Manager Notice No: 32/15




NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:REBATES/EXEMPTIONS ON ASSESSMENT RATES

FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2015/16

Completed forms must be submitted within the stated period to thefollowing address:Postal address: Physical address:Bela Bela Local Municipality Bela Bela Local MunicipalityProperty Rates Section Property Rates SectionPrivate Bag X1609 Municipal Offices (Main)Bela Bela 59 Chris Hani Drive0480 Revenue Hall

For enquiries please phone or e-mail:Elias Monyepao: 014 736 8024/65 (E-mail: [email protected])Petunia Thobela: 014 736 8000 (E-mail: [email protected])

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The following category of owners are hereby invited to apply for arebate/exemptions on assessment rates as described in clause 9 of theRates Policy of the Bela-Bela Municipality from 04 May 2015 to 30 June2015.

1. Bona Fida Farmers (Taxed by SARS as a farmer or confirmed by acertified auditor that 40% of income is from farming activities).

2. Retired and disabled persons. (over 60 years and maximum R8000)3. Public Benefit Organizations (owners and taxed by SARS).4. Privately developed Properties (serviced by the developer).

Mlungisi Mathe, an actor best knownfor his role in the SABC1 soapieSkeem Saam, stole the show duringtheir tour stop in Modimolle onSaturday, 25 April.The crowd went wild when his car

came through the gates, and securityhad to be beefed up to handle the out-of-control crowds as everyone fromchildren to elderly people vied witheach other to catch a glimpse ofMathe. On the show, Mathe playes acorrupt and womanizing varsitystudent.In a brief interview with The BEAT

during their visit to Modimolle, Mathesaid that he was humbled by the lovehe received from the people of theWaterberg.

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Mlungisi Mathe, known for his role in the SABC1 soapie Skeep Saam, visitedModimolle on Saturday, 25 April, and was greeted by a legion of fans.Photo: TK Mashaba

Mlungisi Mathe took pictures with young fans during hisrecent visit to Modimolle. Photo: TK Mashaba

“Being on television is one thing, butbeing on the ground is real. At timesyou will feel like crying because you’reso overwhelmed,” he said.Mathe said that even though he is

nothing like his character, it has notstopped his legions of fans fromthrowing themselves at him. Since hisfirst appearance on the show he hasgained a large number of fans, whosend him pictures and love letters.“I’m just a humble person,” he told

The BEAT. “I have learned todifferentiate between my characterand my real life, though it is hard forfans to separate the two.”He expressed his thanks for the

organizers who invited them.“It was hard to maintain security and

order,” said Mike Mmamabolo, thecoordinator of the show. “People werereally pushing to see the actor.”

The crowd went wild for Mlungisi Mathe during his recentvisit to Modimolle. Photo: TK Mashaba

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:REPORTING OF ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS TO

THE MUNICIPALITYThe Bela Bela Local Municipality has noted with concern the illegal practice bysome residents, who illegally connect the Municipal water and electricity net-works. This unlawful practice results in unnecessary power outages, overloadingand damage of the electrical network, loss of revenue as well as inconveniencingthose businesses and households paying of their services.It is important for the public to note that illegal connections threatens thesafety of the entire community, especially children and impact negativelyon the municipality’s ability to collect revenue meant to deliver improvedservices.

Report OffendersThe municipality calls on all residents and ratepayers to report any suspiciouscircumstance, action or anyone including municipal officials who might beinvolved or engaged in this illegal activity.A customer who reports any such suspicious circumstance shall be offered acompensation of R264 upon verification of the claim by Technical Services interms of Clause 6 of the Municipal Credit Control and Debt Collection Policy.The Municipality however assures you that your identity will be protectedand that all reported cases will be monitored and appropriate actions takenimmediately.

For enquiries please phone or e-mail:Hendrina Roos: 014 736 8066 (E-mail: [email protected])Micah Sithole: 014 736 8066 (E-mail: [email protected])

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Lizzy Bapela

The Office of the Limpopo ProvincialExecutive Officer of the IEC, Nkaro Matetaled officials and management from thecommission and the Department of BasicEducation to a School Democracy Weeklaunch event held at MohlakamotalaSecondary School in Modimolle onWednesday, 15 April. The launch follows athree-year agreement entered into by thetwo institutions in 2013, for them tocollaborate with each other. The initiativeis meant to draw attention of the youth inschools to the importance of democracy,encourage debate in this regard andfurther deepen their understanding of theprinciples of democracy.“The first of these Democracy Weeks

was held in October 2013, and the secondin October 2014 and the one in Modimollelaunched recently is the 3rd in this seriesfrom Monday, 20 to Monday, 27 April. Thisperiod coincides with the completion of 21years of Democracy in South Africa, 27April 1994 when we had our firstdemocratic elections,” said manager forElectoral Matters Itumeleng Masenya.In terms of the agreement, the two

parties are expected to achieve, amongothers, raising awareness of the project toother strategic partners, roll out theproject, conduct voter education, assessthe project for improvement, promotepublic awareness and launch thecampaigns appropriately, develop anddesign scripted lesson plans for schoolsand collaborate with other partners whomay enhance the project. In theWaterberg District, 13 primary schoolsand 49 secondary schools were targetedfor face-to-face voter education eventsand voter registration, bringing it to a totalof 62.Masenya highlighted that registration of

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Students at Mookgophong’s MakhuthisaHigh School and Mukhari High Schoolwent on a rampage on Thursday, 23 April.The mob broke down the gates ofMakhuthisa before heading to the circuitdepartment in the town.The students were led by EFF members

who allege that the circuit has turned adeaf ear to their complaints.They protested with a heavy police

presence.The students were asked not to enter the

circuit, and only parents were allowed toattend the address by Peter Masekele.The circuit manager, David Masemene,was not available.During his address, Masekela deplored

the negative influences on the students.“These students were here last week on

Friday, 17 April. We addressed them andexplained that we are in the process ofgiving them new teachers,” he said. “Wehave to follow the rules, includingadvertising the posts, as well as following

IEC Limpopo launchesSchool Democracy Week

learners as voters will be conductedconcurrently during presentations intargeted schools in the province, as it iscritical as this is one of the key outcomesof the project.“As a province, we plan to visit different

schools from the ones we visited last yearto ensure that we increase the number ofnew registrations as most of the learnersin those schools are not registered yet. Wewill request life orientation educators fromidentified schools and capacitate them withschool democracy week issues toadvance democracy education beyondschool democracy week. This will helpboth primary and secondary schoolstargeted to benefit from the programmeimmensely,” he added.The launch signalled the beginning of an

intensive week of serious engagementwith the learners in all 477 participatingschools and both parties’ representativesmade presentations and also distributepamphlets. Learners were engaged onvoter education and the need to infusecivic education into the formal schoolcurriculum, South Africa’s democraticvalues and principles as enshrined in theconstitution, as well as the need andimportance for participation in electionsgenerally especially in the forthcoming2016 Local Government Elections.In her address, Mateta indicated that the

initiative should not be seen in isolation butas part of the effort to fulfil theCommission’s constitutional mandate ofstrengthening constitutional democracy.She added that depending on the renewalof the agreement, the initiative wouldcontinue beyond its three-year life span.She also said that the project marks a steptowards encouraging a meaningfulparticipation in Democracy in South Africaand should be treated with all thesignificance that it deserves.

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the procedures laid out in terms ofinterviews and recommendations.”“I was surprised today when these

students came out to protest. We don’thave time for this. We have already lost alot of time,” said Masekela.According to some of the parents who

attended, they were told that the school isawaiting educators. They accused thecircuit of delays.“What we have been told is that there is a

lack of administration at Mukhari. Thereare too few educators, there is noelectricity in the school. How do we expectour children to pass in these conditions,”said one.“The principal told us that he has only

nine educators while the school is qualifiedfor 15. One of the current teachers will begoing on pension,” said one of the women.Masekela went outside to address the

angry students.The learners calmed and told The BEAT

that they were looking forward to receivingnew educators, threatening to return foranother protest if they did not.

The angrystudent‘s protestlast weekThursday. Photo:TK Mashaba

Leadership of the IEC and theDepartment attended the launch andaddressed the learners. Photo: LizzyBapela

Members of theDepartment,commission andstakeholderdepartmentsfilled the schoolhall for a fruitfulevent. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

The school choir rendered a soulfulitem for the audience. Photo: LizzyBapela

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Lizzy Bapela


The writing appears to be on the wallfor two lead teams in ABC Motsepe’s Aand B streams.M. Mammoet Arsenal, in Stream A,

has been topping the log for the pastfour weeks and are now sitting pretty on53 points with a game in hand, whiletheir closest competition Qualitho hasonly 47 points. Arsenal have played 21games and won 17, with two draws andtwo losses. The team’s performancehas been consistent since the seasonkicked off.

The recent drama in the MookgophongLFA has taken a twist recently with twoABC Motsepe Stream B teams beingsuspended for not honouring games.According to the information given to

The BEAT Siwelele, who have juststarted their second term in the ABCMotsepe League, has stoppedattending games.According to Benny Mabena, the team

owner, the SAB Regional League hasnot been fair to them.“We only missed two games,” said

Mabena. “The third, we attended, onlyto be told that the venue had beenaltered. We were told to play atMmapela, but the fixture said Phafola,”he added.They were given several days to

attend the disciplinary committee butwere told that they should pay R4 500

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TK MashabaIn Stream B, Yster United, who

whipped Vegas 12-0 on Saturday, havea solid lead with three games still to go.The other results for the weekend are,

in Stream A: Diesel n Dust lost 3-1 toHome Defenders while Qualitho, whoare chasing the league title, beat HappyHearts 5-2. Total Surrender played a 3-all draw against Troublemakers.Young Pirates lost 2-1 to Celtics.In Stream B, Juventas won a walkover

against Mookgophong All Stars whileMokopane Stone Breakers played to a0-0 draw against Ratanang.PJ Stars lost 3-2 while Black Rangers

beat Simple Yellows 3-2.

Real Madrid and Siwelele suspended

Citing the high rate of teenagepregnancies in schools, and a lackof knowledge regarding healthissues, the Bela-Bela area wasselected to host a pilot projectknown as the Integrated SchoolHealth Program on Wednesday, 22April at several schools in Bela-

TK Mashabato be prosecuted.“How can they ask us to pay their

disciplinary committee money toprosecute us?” Mabena demanded.“We can’t do that. They know that weare not in soccer for the money, but todevelop talent.”The same problem applies to Madrid,

which has been in the league for sometime. The team was suspended on acharge of not attending their fixtures,but have since been allowed back afterthey attended their disciplinarycommittee hearing.Johnny Mashiane, Madrid’s owner,

said that they suffered the sameproblems as Siwelele with regards tovenues.Mashiane said that his team is still low

on the league, but they are hopeful thatthey can still finish on top before theleague ends.Refiloe Khoza, SAB Regional

Manager, could not be reached forcomment.

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The LoveLife crew during their visit at Maope High School.Photo supplied

Bela.The project was led by the National

Department of Education incooperation with the Department ofHealth and Social Development,SANTA, LoveLife, Childline, and Bela-Bela Hospital. The project alsoincluded local clinic staff andprofessionals from other institutionssuch as the University of Limpopo.“Ten schools were identified with the

intent of implementing ISHP and

The learners at Maope High School during the LoveLife address.Photo supplied

improving learning by identifyingpotential health and social-relatedillnesses and for treatment,” saidRaymond Mofomme, the LoveLifeProgram coordinator.“One-on-one screening was done

each day at all the identified schoolsaround Bela-Bela by LofeLife, SANTA,Childline and other departmentsconcerning issues such as teenpregnancy, STI’s, drugs and substanceabuse, personal hygiene and other

issues,” said Molofomme.“The campaign was a great

success. A number of the learnerswe saw had a knowledge gap interms of reproductive education,”said Molofomme.“All efforts were goal-orientated and

infused with passion andcommitment to help and supportlearners and raising awareness andhealth issues and inspiring learnersto do their best.”

The Beat 30 April 2015

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