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Lizzy Bapela

Two alleged criminals in Bela-Bela wereremanded in custody when they appearedbefore the local magistrate’s court recently.Julius Raphiri — not Aphiri, as The BEAT

was notified previously — was expected backin court this week after he was denied bail onMonday, 29 July. Raphiri appeared severaltimes in court for testimony and formal bailapplication. He is facing charges ofpossession of an unlicensed firearm,possession of ammunition and kidnapping,which includes pointing with the firearm andassault with intend to do grievous bodily harm.Meanwhile, another alleged drug lord Fani

Steven “Fanafana” Hlongwane was alsodenied bail when he appeared in court onFriday 26 July. Hlongwane was arrested onWednesday 17 July for possession anddealing in drugs.Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla of the Bela-

Bela Police Detectives told The BEAT thatthe suspect was found with 570 packets ofdrugs, estimated at a street value of R21 000.

Bela-Bela alleged criminalsremanded to police custody

The car that achild was lockedinside for morethan two hours atPick n Pay Centreparking lot. Photo:TK Mashaba

Members ofCOPFADA posedfor a photo afterthe courtproceedings onMonday, 29 July.Photo: LizzyBapela

Colonel Phetla said that the value of the drugsdiffer according to dealers, as they sell withdifferent prices, with some pricing their waresat R30 and some at R35. The suspect isexpected back in court on Tuesday 6 August.The arrest and subsequent court

appearances of these alleged criminals,including Mahlatse Raphiri, who was alsoarrested for possession and dealing in drugs,had the community of Bela-Bela talking.Members of the Concerned Parents Fightingagainst Drug Abuse (COPFADA) do not feelpowerless and are still in a fighting mood, asthey attend all their court cases.The members gather at the magistrate’s court

in the morning, with some protesting outsidethe premises and some attending the courtproceedings.The members sent out words of gratitude to

The BEAT for making their efforts seen andrecognised publicly. They also thanked theWarmbaths (Bela-Bela) Taxi Association foralways transporting them free of charge tothe suspects’ court cases, enabling them tolisten to proceedings and voice their concerns.

Police rescue hunting dogs

One of thehunting dogsthat wererescued byBela-Belapolice. Photosupplied

some food so that the dogs could havesomething to eat” they said.Spar donated a bag of dog food to the

station.The police contacted the SPCA in

Pretoria, who came to pick up the dogsthe following night. Because of thephysical state of the animals the policerequested that the SPCA have them putdown as well as open cases relatingcruelty towards animals against theeight men involved.The poachers made their first court

appearance at the Bela-BelaMagistrates on Friday 26 July. The casewas postponed to Thursday 1 August.At the time of going to press the

outcome of the court appearance wasunknown.

Justin Steyn

Bela-Bela Police arrested eight menallegedly involved in illegal poachingactivities on Wednesday 24 July. Themen were caught trespassing on SwalaLodge, a privately owned hunting lodgesituated in the Springbok Flats.It was reported that the poachers had

nine dogs that were used for huntingwith them at the time of the arrest.The poachers remained in custody

and the dogs were looked after at thepolice station’s vehicle bay. Bela-Belapolice told The Beat that the dogs werephysically abused and underfed.“This is a very sad thing to see, the

dogs are badly beaten, frail andunderfed we have asked Spar to provide

Child trapped in car for over two hours

TK Mashaba

On Thusday, 25 July, a child was locked in acar at Pick n Pay Centre while the motherwent shopping. Upon her return, the womanfound that she had locked the keys insidethe car.Despite the assistance of bystanders, after

almost two and a half hours a locksmith hadto be called in. It took the locksmith twentyminutes to open a window to extract the child,who had by that time been in the car for almostthree hours.

Fortunately, due to the relatively lowtemperatures currently holding sway, the childsuffered no physical harm. However ColonelAbel Phetla of the Bela-Bela Police Stationinformed The BEAT that the police had hadcases in the past of children who had diedafter being left unattended in a car for severalhours. Bela –Bela police have urged residentsnot to leave children unattended in cars, asdoing so may result in criminal charges.Colonel Phetla told The BEAT that anyonefound leaving their children unattended in avehicle is likely to face charges.

Lizzy Bapela

The Independent Electoral Commission(IEC) in Bela-Bela recently hosted a VoterEducation Workshop to educate youngpeople on the importance of voting in orderto have a voice in the running of thecountry. The workshop took place at theBela-Bela Parliamentary ConstituencyOffice (PCO) on 19 July.In his presentation, Ramatapa Motau

indicated that foreign nationals also havethe right to apply for South Africancitizenship and vote in the country. Headded that it is possible for a person tohave a dual citizenship.Motau said the IEC encourages citizens

to make their mark in order to avoid beingruled by people they do not want or regard

IEC holds a workshop for young people

as fit to rule. Headded that the nextregistration periodis November 9 and10, as well asFebruary 8 and 92014.Citizens can apply

for an ID and register to vote at the age of16, but they can only vote when they are18. People can SMS their ID numbers to32810 to check if they are registered and32245 to find out who their ward councilloris. Mafa Netshivhambe of the IECencouraged leaders of community basedorganisations to spread messages fromthe workshop and if they believe theinformation distributed was not enough,they can group themselves and visit theiroffices in the municipal building. She saidthat people must be able to get informationso they can make informed decisions.“People need to attend meetings in order

to acquire information about activities intheir communities and be enlightened onwho to vote for and why. The youth alsohave to participate in the democracy oftheir country and attend meetings to voiceconcerns,” she said.Motau concluded by encouraging the

youth to constantly engage thegovernment, requesting relevant servicesthat will benefit their communities in thelong run such as Further Education andTraining (FET) colleges.

Disabled children receiving care at Dira-O-Direlwe Drop-inCentre received a donation of wheelchairs, as part of MandelaDay activities on Tuesday, 23 July Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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It has been over a year since it was reportedthat two planes belonging to the provincialDepartment of Environmental Affairs had beengrounded at the Pietersburg Civil Airports, andthe no action has allegedly been taken to fixthis. These planes had been in the hanger forover a year prior to the report.“These planes are UMA planes, one turbo

and the other is a normal plane. Theinformation we have is that these planes werepurchased for aerial patrol of anti-poachingactivities, fence patrol, and veld fire controland to curb other illegal activities” said DAspokesperson Desiree van Der Walt. She said that to have these planes

impounded like they are and not being usedis a complete waste of taxpayers’ money. She added that with the swiftly escalating

pace of rhino poaching in the province, it isclear that the Department is neglecting itsduties. “If these planes are broken, then they should

have been fixed and put to good use. Clearlysome official is derelict in their duties. Ourefforts to bring this to the attention of theprovincial Department of Environmental Affairshave not been successful” she said. The DA said that they are left with no option

but to write to the Minister of PublicAdministration, Lindiwe Sisulu, to seek herintervention to ensure that the officials at theDepartment of Environmental Affairs attendto the issue.

Women’sMonth Special

Homemadesugar scrubSince August is Women’s Month here inSouth Africa, The BEAT has decided thatit’s time for the ladies out there to get alittle pampering. To that end, we havesearched out several beauty tips and reci-pes that our readers can try out at home.

The first one is a sugar scrub. Thisscrub is literally made of sugar, and willleave your skin soft and smooth and freeof dead skin cells.

The recipe is extremely simple — onepart oil (any kind of oil, although medicinalolive oil is both fairly inexpensive andeasily obtained) to two parts sugar (anykind of sugar as well). So if you were touse one cup of sugar, you would needhalf a cup of oil. We recommend usingtwo cups of sugar and one cup of oil, justto make sure that you have enough scrub.

Mix the oil and the sugar thoroughly andadd a few drops of whatever scent youprefer (vanilla essence like the kind usedin baking will work fine if you like the smellof vanilla, or you can buy essential orscented oils from the pharmacy.Remember that if you are using essentialoils it will be very concentrated so you willonly need a few drops!) Mix the scent withyour sugar/oil mixture until you get a grainypaste. It will smell delicious, but it’sprobably best not to eat it.

Set the sugar mixture aside in thebathroom somewhere.

Next up, take a nice long bath. Soak outall the tension, shave whatever needsshaving and just relax for a bit. If you don’thave a bath, a shower will also work. Justmake sure it’s relaxing! It’s not properpampering if you don’t relax a bit,

Once you feel like you’ve relaxedenough, sit on the edge of the bath, takethe sugar and oil and rub it on your skin.Massage it firmly everywhere that wouldn’tbe covered by your underwear.

Your hands will start to feel strange andsensitive. That’s perfectly normal; thescrub is stimulating blood flow to yourhands and loosening dead skin cells atthe same time.

Once you feel you’ve massagedenough, take an old razor just like theone you use on your legs – althoughpreferably not one you intend to useagain, and it’s best if it’s not very sharpanymore – and use it to scrape off thesugar mixture. This part is a bit gross,but it’s absolutely worth it. All that gunkcoming off under the razor? That’s deadskin cells that have been clinging to you.Getting rid of it will allow your skin tobreathe freely again, not to mention thatit’s been covering up your natural glow.

Once you’ve one that, rinse off the restof the sugar. Then take a towel – an oldtowel would be best, because the oil stillon your skin will come off on it — and dryoff.

And voila! Your skin should be as softas a baby’s with a revitalized glow.

Rhino poaching tackled despite idle planes

A total of 540 Rhino have been poachedin 2013. Photo: supplied

Spokesperson for the Department, JoshuaKwapa, said the Department can confirm thatthe two departmental planes have been putdown this financial year. This was apparentlydue to an internal investigation relating to theiruse. ”We are currently unable to providefurther details on the matter as theinvestigations are currently underway. Uponconclusion of the internal investigation we shallissue a statement in this regard” he saidOn the same day the Department released

the Rhino Issue Management (RIM) Reportwhich came from the national consultationprocess to facilitate a common understandingof the key issues related to the protectionand conservation of South Africa’s rhinopopulation.The Rhino Issue Management Process,

headed by former SANParks CEO MavusoMsimang, took place during 2012. At thattime Msimang and his team hosted 16workshops, 400 roundtables and numerousone-on-one discussions to facilitate acommon understanding of the challenges andopportunities relating to rhino conservation inthe face of rhino poaching.The workshops and other developments were

put in place to allow all stakeholders tocollectively seek a solution to theinternationally driven onslaught on the SouthAfrican rhinoceros population. The release ofthe RIM report comes as the number of rhinopoached in South Africa in 2013 has risen to514. The Kruger National Park has the highestnumber with 321 rhino poached this year, while54 have been killed in Limpopo, 53 in NorthWest and 43 in KwaZulu-Natal. A total of 143alleged poachers have been arrested this year.The final report submitted to the Minister and

Department of Environmental Affairs in January2013 has greatly assisted the Department inreviewing and updating its rhino responsestrategy outlined in the National Strategy forthe Safety and Security of the RhinocerosPopulation of South Africa (NSSSRPSA).The RIM report incorporates current thinking

on sustainable rhino conservation byacknowledged rhino specialists, ecologistsand a range of other experts. It encapsulatesviewpoints from Non-GovernmentOrganisations (NGO’s) both specialized andcommunity based, civil society, and fromtraders, professional hunters, resource

economists and ordinary citizens with a deepconcern for the ethical and humane treatmentof animals.Kwapa explained that the consultation

process resulted in clear agreement that thecountry’s rhinos should be conserved for thegood of all humanity, and that every effortshould be made to protect the threatenedspecies from the sustained poachingonslaught by international syndicates earninghuge profits from the sale of rhino horn.“While there were divergent views on the

safety and security and trade in rhino horn,the recommendations take cognizance of thefact that not all positions could be satisfied. Itis important to note that integral to the RIMteam’s findings is that there is no singlesolution to the rhino poaching scourge. Fromthis, it is quite clear that our efforts willpragmatically require the employment of arange of strategies along several fronts” hesaid. The final recommendations weresubmitted to Cabinet in February 2013.Feasible recommendations were adopted. The recommendations were also submittedto the provincial MECs responsible forenvironmental affairs. However, the RIM report does state that there

is support to include commercial internationaltrade in rhino horn as an integral part of SouthAfrica’s comprehensive response strategy toaddress the continued illegal killing of rhinos.This recommendation has formed part of the

decision by the Cabinet that South Africaprepares and submits a rhino trade proposalfor consideration at the 17th Conference ofParties of the Convention on InternationalTrade in Endangered Species of Fauna andFlora (CITES) in 2016.The decision to table the proposal to

CITES COP17 is but one of the manyinterventions being undertaken by thegovernment to address the ongoingscourge of rhino poaching.“All efforts to deal with the poaching

crisis are not only aimed at protectingthe threatened species from extinction,but also at securing the country’snat ional secur i ty threatened byincursions by armed poachers as wellas part of our natural heritage and thefuture of the country’s tourism industry”said Kwapa.

Lizzy Bapela

Officials of the Department of Labour inLimpopo are being trained to assist withUnemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)claims throughout the province, as manyseasonal workers are expected to beretrenched this winter, according to astatement released on Monday, 29 July.The department’s Limpopo Provincialspokesperson Johannes Mokou said thatseasonal workers should be calm this yearas the department is ready to help not onlythose who will be retrenched, but also easethe burden on the shoulders of employersduring this trying time.Deputy Director for Unemployment

Insurance Fund (UIF) in the departmentRonet Landman said part of the assistancethat the department will offer during theseretrenchments will include helping workerswith documentation to ensure a speedyapplication for UIF at the employers’

Department of Labour lends a hand to retrenched workers

premises. She saidthe aim is to helpavoid queuing,which often leads tofrustration.“We have to

prepare the groundand ready our-selves as early aspossible becausethis year’s retren-chments wil l betough. This isborne by the fact

that Call Centre Operators said they havealmost literally had no sleep with a largeinflux of calls from employers announcingtheir intentions to retrench, others evenafter working hours,” Landman said.She further said that this will also

present the department with anopportunity to educate employers abouttheir obligations in terms of Unem-ployment Insurance Act. This includesregistering their employees, and helpingthem to honour their monthlycontributions to the fund.Head of the department in the province,

Albert Tshidavhu said employers have a

choice to opt for manual or electronicmeans when making declarations andregistrations of employees. He addedthat employers are encouraged to makeuse of virtual off ices and declareelectronically with less administrationand less costs because the departmentis striving for a paperless industry andefficient service delivery.Landman said that the best thing about

declaring electronically is that accreditedemployers will afford their employees anopportunity to apply for UIF onlinewherever they are, without evencontacting the department.


Lizzy Bapela

As people from across the globe celebratedtheir Mandela Day in different ways, officials,management and stakeholders of the Bela-Bela Local Municipality also spent their 67minutes doing charity work for their local com-munity. The team got their hands dirty andbuilt a park in Leseding section, naming itafter the iconic hero Nelson Mandela.The event began with the Ministers’ Frater-

nal leading interfaith prayers for Madiba andconducting a moment of silence, wishing hima speedy recovery.As speakers ascended the stage, speak-

ing about the day and what it means to them,many stated that the park acts as an honourto Mandela for the efforts he made in buildinga better South Africa for all and ensuring lib-eration for the country and its citizens.

Bela-Bela builds Madiba Park

Councillor Jeremiah Ngobeni and formerBela-Bela mayor Zachariah Moeletsi helpedbuild Madiba Park. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Ward councillor Jeremiah Ngobeni and lo-cal mayor Freddy Hlungwani expressed grati-tude when they saw young people within themunicipality also getting their hands dirty andworking for the community in honour of TataMandela.Former mayors Zachariah Moeletsi and

Henrietta “Die-Bang” Ledwaba were affordedan opportunity to shed light on their history inpolitics, sharing with people how they knowMadiba and those who were involved with himin politics back in the years.After launching the park officially, the lead-

ers and attendees departed to the local com-munity hall, where they honoured the elderlyof Bela-Bela, who were celebrating the daywith Mandela. The four ladies Anna Sithole,who turned 95, Lydia Marima (99) andAlbertina Masenya and Ruth Lesabane whoboth turned 103-years-old received birthdaycakes with Mandela’s face. The four joined intheir friends, singing and dancing forMandela’s birthday.Performing young people rendered differ-

ent items such as song, dance and com-edy among others to entertain the audi-ence on the day.The Iyethu Environmental and Conserva-

tional Foundation gave a background in-formation on their organization and what itstands for, urging young people to also takepart in caring for the environment and con-serving it.The NPO helped the municipality in mo-

bilising the elderly people to be part of thiscelebration, while the local taxi associa-tion, WATA contributed by transporting theaged to and from the event, free of charge.The guests of honour, cake recipients also

received prayers and well wishes from thehouse at large.

Department of Agriculture warnsagainst Foot-and-Mouth Disease

with contaminated farming equipment,vehicles, clothing or food, and throughdomestic and wild predators.“We are applying control measures such

as quarantine of the affected cattle, andmovement control of cloven-hooved ani-mals in the surrounding areas.” saidFourie. She added that the outbreakwould not affect exports. The province’sveterinary service is investigating, and thedepartment is busy with tests to deter-mine how far south the disease hasspread among animals.The results of tests in various districts

were to have been announced over theweekend. Chris Sonnekus from theTowoomba Agricultural Research centresaid that Bela-Bela livestock are not cur-rently under threat from the disease, buturges local farmers to vaccinate and in-spect their cattle regularly nonetheless.

Justin Steyn

Foot-and-Mouth Disease has been de-tected in cattle in Limpopo, according toa statement by the National Departmentof Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries onTuesday 23 July.“The outbreak was confirmed by labora-

tory tests on 18 July” said the depart-ment’s spokesperson Antoinette Fouriein a statement. “The outbreak occurredjust north of Phalaborwa in a communalgrazing area, and is located within SouthAfrica’s Foot-and-Mouth Disease Protec-tion Zone, in the area where vaccinationfor FMD is practised,” she said.Foot-and-Mouth Disease is an infectious

and sometimes fatal viral disease whichaffects cloven-hoofed animals.The virus causes fever and blisters, and

can be spread through aerosols, contact

Pastors from different churches gathered together with officials and management ofthe Bela-Bela Hospital and prayed for Mandela, joining billions of people from aroundthe world in celebrating his birthday and wishing for him to get well soon. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Mogalakwena Mayor hostsAfrica Day celebrations

The mayor of Mogalakwena Council-lor Tlhalefi Mashamaite addressed theaudience during Africa Day Celebra-tions in Bakenberg. Photo supplied

to the hall to attend the event in num-bers. Councillors, officials and manag-ers from the local municipality and gov-ernment departments and various com-munity-based structures were amongthose attending the event.In his address, the mayor said that peo-

ple must raise political awareness andconsciousness around the world aboutthe state of affairs in Africa and the self-determination of its people to be liber-ated economically through this day. Hesaid we must all work together to build abetter Africa. He further said that citizensof Mogalakwena in the Limpopo provinceare challenged to renew their commitmentto the kind of unity and solidarity thatcarried forebears to victory over subjuga-tion.“The violence and criminality we have

seen by a few South Africans standsagainst everything we have sought to doto build a humane and caring society builton the values of Ubuntu,” said the mayor,adding that people must learn to live sideby side with their fellows. He added thatSouth Africa is a signatory to the Ge-neva and African Union conventions onasylum seekers and refugees.Residents were encouraged to continue

respecting and tolerating different culturesand races. Also to reflect on the progressthat Africa has made and the many chal-lenges that still faces the continent whilethey celebrate this day in unity as Afri-cans.“Africa Day invokes the legacy of free-

dom, a legacy that must be protected,cherished and passed on to future gen-erations. We have a responsibility to de-fend human freedom and human life. Wedare not shirk our responsibility. We areprecious creations!” said the mayor, wish-ing everyone a happy and peaceful Af-rica Day.

Lizzy Bapela

Mogalakwena Mayor Councillor TlhalefiMashamaite commemorated Africa DayCelebrations by hosting an event in hismunicipality, almost two months after theactual day which was celebrated in May.The local community joined in the cel-ebrations held at the Bakenberg TribalHall in Tallaseng Village on Saturday, 20July.Research shows that annually, South

Africa joins the continent in celebratingAfrica Day, a day that reflects on theproud achievements for the African conti-nent and its infinite possibilities. The dayis also used to pay tribute to the conti-nent’s rich heritage, diverse languages,ethnicity and cultural backgrounds.Celebrations for the day in

Mogalakwena included literature, musicand art, with a variety of activities. Ward11 Bakenberg community members andpeople from neighbouring villages flocked

Municipalities were busy on Mandela Day

Some of thebeneficiaries ofthe Mandela Daycharity workjoinedMogalakwenaMayor TlhalefiMashamaite for aphoto sessionafter the event.Photo supplied

Lizzy Bapela

Exxaro Grootegeluk Mine has partnered withLephalale Local Municipality to commemo-rate the 2013 Mandela Day by embarking onvarious activities at a local school, Moroe Pri-mary, on Thursday, 18 July. The school issituated at Moroe Village in Ward 11.Lephalale Mayor Moloko Maeko and mine

Manager Mervin Govender led the local com-munity in taking part in the 67 Minutes ofcommunity work on the day. The leadersplanted lawn and 20 trees at the school yardand issued blankets to senior citizens. Boththe leaders officially launched a multi-millionrand road project on the day. The municipal-ity also provided transport for residents fromall the wards to enable them to attend theevent in their numbers. Manager for Commu-nication and Public Participation in the mu-nicipality Nakampe Monyepao said that theobjective of this activity was to educate youngpeople so that they can take care of the envi-ronment and encourage green economy.Meanwhile, the business community of

Mogalakwena, NGOs, various governmentdepartments and the community at large

joined the local Mayor Tlhalefi Mashamaitein the municipality’s annual Mandela DayCelebrations. The first event was held inMapela Village, with the second one takingplace at Sekgakgapheng Village, both onMandela Day, Thursday, 18 July.The mayor and his council members planted

fruit trees at Mapela Early Childhood Devel-opment Centre. They later proceeded toSekgakgapeng Village where they spent their67 minutes constructing an RDP house for aneedy family.The mayor encouraged the community to

donate 67 minutes of their day into doingsomething good in any way that they can,acknowledging that Nelson Mandela gave 67years of his life to the struggle for social jus-tice. Mashamaite said that people must there-fore spare their 67 minutes to support charityor serve their local community.Following the official declaration of the day

some years ago, it was decided that therecould be nothing more fitting than to celebrateMandela’s birthday each year with a day dedi-cated to his life’s work and that of charitableorganizations. The day is also meant to en-sure that his legacy continues forever.

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You educate a man; you educate aman. You educate a woman; youeducate a generation. BrighamYoung. Never have truer words been spo-ken. An educated man is just that,an educated man. He may have agood job, or make a lot of money,but his education does not neces-sarily pass on to his family. Matters are different for a woman.Women, even in this day and age,tend to have more to do with rais-ing children, and an educatedwoman will pass that on to her chil-dren. Children grow up imitating thepeople they are exposed to, and ifa woman is educated her childrenwill also learn to value education. Men may build great monumentsto their strength, and fight in warsto prove themselves better or wiseror stronger. Women don't need todo these things. We build the homes, we raise thechildren. We mould the next gen-eration in the image we would liketo see, and teach them to think theway we want to think. A woman's monument can be fam-ily, the people she leaves after sheis gone, who will remember whoshe was and what she meant tothem and, even unconsciously,shape their lives to fit the patternshe has showed them. The great American author MarkTwain was once asked what menwould be without women. He re-plied, "Scarce, sir. Mighty scarce."And in one way that is equally trueof women without men. In anotherway, it is a hundred percent trueexactly the way it first reads. Throughout history women havebeen the guiding light, the civiliz-ing influence. Women have passeddown the history and taught theirchildren where they came from. Women have been leaders. In1956, twenty thousand womenwalked to the Union Buildings todeliver a petition. The recently de-ceased Margaret Thatcher of Eng-land single-handedly saved the Brit-ish economy. Indira Ghandi ruledIndia with an iron fist until she wasassassinated. There is nothing in the world awoman cannot do, and no task toolarge for a woman to do. But in theend, our last legacy will always bethe people we leave behind and theway we have shaped their lives. Let us end with the words ofMargaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady ofBritish politics: If you want anythingsaid, ask a man. If you want any-thing done, ask a woman.

A woman's legacy

This is the day which the Lord hathmade; let us rejoice and be glad in it. -Psalm 118:24. Be glad in it, the Biblesays. Every day you are alive is a gift,and it is not only your right but yourobligation to rejoice in it. This doesn'tmean that you should be content tolounge about doing nothing, but it doesmean that whatever you do, you shouldtake joy in it. The Lord has made theworld to be enjoyed, and life to be lived,and there is no excuse not to be joyfulif your heart is full of the Lord and youare living His purpose for you. Be truly glad. There is wonderful joyahead! - I Peter 1:6. Despite the worldbeing full of joy, true joy will be found inHeaven, where Jesus awaits us at theright hand of God. Live each day to thefull according to God's plan for you andthe joy you experience on Earth willseem but a shadow of the joy grantedto you in Heaven. The fruit of the spirit is love, joy andpeace. - Galatians 5:22. It is a popularmisconception of the times that joy issomething to work toward, a goal youcan achieve if only you try hard enough.I believe that this is mistaken. Joy isnot a goal to be achieved, but the by-product of a godly life. If you live yourlife in faith, following the path God haslaid out for you, joy will take root in yourheart and flower there, and overflow intoyour daily life. Beloved, I wish above all things thatthou mayest prosper and be in health,even as thy soul prospereth. - III John2. There are many churches in theworld, and always have been, thatequate faith with suffering, with grief anddeprivation. The Bible itself says thatthis is not so. God's most earnest de-sire for your life is that you be happy,that you experience joy and grow in faithall your life. God does not want you tobe poor, nor does he want you to suffer.He wants you to live life to the full andbecome all that you can be. Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and lean not on your own understand-ing. In all your ways acknowledge Himand He shall direct your paths. - Prov-erbs 3:5,6. It is a simple thing to say 'trust in theLord.' It is much harder to do, and un-derstandably so. In today's society weare taught from the cradle to reverethose who take their lives into theirhands, risking everything. The rebel, thelone wolf. We are taught the glories ofself-determination, the glorification ofthe self, "my way or the highway." Thismakes it hard to offer true submissionto the Lord, to do as we know He wantsus to do. But in the end, the fact thatthis trust and submission is harder thanit should have been also makes itsweeter, for after a lifetime of pointlessstruggle and selfishness, it is the es-sence of relief to be able to say withhonesty, "It's in God's hands now."Blessed is the man who trusts in theLord and has made the Lord his hopeand confidence. - Jeremiah 17:7. Taken together, these quotes are aroadmap to a happy life. Live your lifewith joy, trust in the Lord and all thingswill come to you.But above all, be joyful, for ours is ajoyful God.

Be joyful in the Lord

Children of the Bela-Bela Community Créche sang Happy Birthday sings for formerPresident Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day on Thursday, 18 July.

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not standback shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble

through as well as we can.-Robert Cushing


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MUNICIPALITYAMENDMENT SCHEMESNOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR AMENDMENT OFTHE TOWN PLANNINGSCHEME IN TERMS OFSECTION 56(1)(b)(i) OFTHE TOWN PLANNINGAND TOWNSHIPS ORDI-NANCE, 1986 (ORDI-NANCE 15 OF 1986)I, NICOLA LUDIK being theautohirized 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 properties de-scribed below, situatedwithin the juriction of theModimolle Local Municipal-

ity as follows:Modimolle AmendmentScheme 291Erf 6985 Phagameng Ext 8, inPhagameng Ext 8,Modimolle, from “Residen-tial 1” to “Business 1”, sub-ject to certain conditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 292Erf 395 Phagameng, locatedin Motau Street 395,Phagameng, Modimolle, from“Residential 1” to “Residen-tial 3”, subject to certain con-ditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 293Erf 1/99 Nylstroom, locatedin Van Riebeesck Street 73,Nylstroom, Modimolle, from“Residential 1” to “Residen-tial 2”, subject to certain con-ditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 294Erf R/1658 Nylstroom Ext 6,located in Minerva Street,Nylstroom Ext 6, Modimolle,from “Special” to “Special”for residential accommoda-tion, business, and light andservice industries, subject tocertain conditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 295 Erf 2070

Nylstroom Ext 6, located inFourth Street 2, NylstroomExt 6, Modimolle, from “In-dustrial 1” to “Special” forresidential accommodation,business, and light and serv-ice industries, subject to cer-tain conditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 296Erf 1/682 Nylstroom Ext 4,located in Booysen Street 7A,Nylstroom Ext 4, Modimolle,from “Residential 1” to“Residential 2”, subject tocertain conditions;Modimolle AmendmentScheme 297Erven 3/264 & 4/264Nylstroom, located in PleinStreet 85 and Thabo MbekiStreet 111, Nylstroom,Modimolle, from “Residen-tial 1” and “Business 3” to“Business 1”, subject to cer-tain conditions;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 for

a period of 28 days i.e. 26July 2013 to 23 August 2013.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 23 August 2013.Name and address of agent:NICOLA LUDIKALTO AFRICA TOWNPLANNING & DEVELOP-MENT CONSULTANTS P.O.Box 3007, Modimolle, 0510,076 606 6372 (2/8)

MODIMOLLE TOWN-SHIP ESTABLISHMENT

NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFOR THE TOWNSHIP ES-TABLISHMENT OFVAALWATER EXT. 5 INTERMS OF PROVISIONS OFSECTION 108 OF THETOWN-PLANNING ANDTOWNSHIPS ORDINANCE,1986 (ORDINANCE 15 OF1986).We, Pfukani Kusile, being theauthorised agent of the ownerof the property mentioned here-

under, hereby give notice interms of Section 108 of theTown-Planning and Town-ships Ordinance, 1986 (Ordi-nance 15 of 1986), that we haveapplied to the Modimolle Lo-cal Municipality with the in-tention of formalise & estab-lishing a township, as set outin the annexure.The purpose of the undertakenof the formalisation process isto deliver housing for low in-come beneficiaries and to ad-dress the housing backlog inthe Department of Co-opera-tive Governance & Traditionalaffairs.Particulars of the applicationwill lie for inspection duringnormal office hours at the officeof the Municipal Manager,Modimolle Local Municipal-ity, Civic Centre, O.R TamboSquare, Harry Gwala Street,Modimolle, 0510, for a periodof 28 days from the 19th of July2013.Objections to or representa-tions in respect of the applica-tion must be lodged with ormade in writing to the Munici-pal Manager at the above ad-dress or at the Modimolle Lo-cal Municipality, Private BagX1008, Modimolle, 0510,

within a period of 28 days fromthe 05th of July 2013.Annexure:1. Proposed Township Name:Vaalwater Ext 52. Property Description:Portion 2 of the farm Vaalwater137 KR3. Proposed Land UsesLow Density Residential: 299Business: 1 Public open Space4. Locality: The property islocated within the existingtownship of Vaalwater Ext.4.Address of agent:PFUKANI-KUSILE CON-SULTINGPO Box 998, Letaba, 0870. Tel:015 303 9979. Fax: 086 5679979 E-mail:[email protected](8/8)

SELLING OF BUSINESSNotice is hereby given undersection 34 (1) of the Insol-vency Act, No 24 of 1936, thatKUNENE 586 CENTURIONCC (Registration Number:1996/009336/23), under thename and style of SILVERSTREAMS LODGE & SIL-VER ROCKS CARAVANPARK are in the process of sell-ing its rights, title and interestin the Lodge and Caravan

Park/Holiday Resort, whichoperated on the premises at DeNyl Zyn, Oogpad, Modimolle,which consists of a restaurant,buildings, furniture, game,goodwill, stock and equip-ment, to LEGITO INVEST-MENTS 81 CC (RegistrationNumber: 2011/077167/23) asa going concern after comple-tion of a thirty 30 day periodfrom the last publication of thisnotice which business willcontinue thereafter for his ownaccount and benefit.Dated at Pretoria on this the23rd day of July 2013.L C VILJOEN INCORPO-RATEDCorner Willem Botha & CaleyStreet 310Eldoraigne x6CenturionPretoriaTel: 012 653 2411Fax: 012 653 0238Ref: L C VILJOEN/LH/K955.

BELA BELA LAND USESCHEME, 2008

APPLICATION FOR SPE-CIAL CONSENT IN TERMSOF CLAUSE 21 OF THEBELA BELA LAND-USESCHEME, 2008, TO PERMITA NURSERY SCHOOL

Notice is hereby given that, interms of Clause 21 of the BelaBela Land-Use Scheme 2008,I/we, the undersigned intendapplying to the Bela Bela Mu-nicipality for Special Consentto establish a nursery schoolon Erf/Portion 614 Bela Belazoned, situated at Bela Bela.Plans and/or particulars relat-ing to the application may beinspected during office hoursat Van Der Merwe street 24 BelaBela 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 object ion togetherwith the grounds thereof inwriting, with both the Man-ager: Planning and Devel-opment, Bela Bela Munici-pality and the undersignednot later than 5 September2013.Applicant’s Details:Full name:ROOS PG / ROOS TJAddress: P O Box 122Bela Bela, 0480Tel: 083 599 3397 - 083 7650878.(2&8/8)

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Employees and management of the Bela-Bela Hospital came together and held amoral regeneration event at the hospitalboardroom on Friday 26 July. Spokesper-son for the hospital Buti Moagi said thegoal of the event was to pray for the staffmembers and boost their morale. He saidthat as people from different backgrounds,they encounter different attitudes from dif-ferent people, not counting shortages ofstaff and equipment at the work place.Pastors from different local churches and

members of the Ministers’ Fraternal andBongwe ba Mapostola attended the event.Pastor Joel Ndlovu of the Bela-Bela Chris-

tian Church rendered motivational speak-ing during the event and also joined theaudience in singing of hymns, prayers andsermons on the day.He preached about hatred and bad deeds,

which he said are not wanted if a personcalls himself a child of God.After the sermons, Matron Sophy

Maubane led a prayer by all people attend-ing and a candle-lighting session for peo-ple to engage in introspection and medi-tate on their relationship with God.The Government declared the month of

July Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM)Month after the movement was launchedin April 2002. The movement was estab-lished as a Section 21 company, with then-Deputy President Jacob Zuma spearhead-ing it. The current Deputy President,Kgalema Motlanthe is now the one over-seeing activities of the movement. The

Bela-Bela Hospital have a MoralRegeneration Month event

Employees of the Bela-Bela Hospital embarked in a prayer session during the moralregeneration event. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

movement’s mission was to initiate, facili-tate and coordinate societal networks andprogrammes to regenerate and preservethe nation’s moral fibre. The movement’svalues include responsibility and account-ability, honesty and integrity, equity andequality, respect and tolerance, as well asenvironmental awareness.Activities during the month focus on re-

minding South Africans of the importanceof positive values and the responsibility ofcreating moral communities, also to en-sure lasting democracy, peace and pros-perity in Africa.The government encouraged all South Af-

rican residents to reflect on what they cando individually or collectively to make thecountry a better place for all throughoutthe month of July. As a result, residentsacross the country embark on charity workin their communities to honour the iconichero and former President NelsonMandela, with whom the movement sharesthe month of July.Residents are encouraged to mobilize

communities to own, live and take respon-sibility and accountability to be Ambassa-dors of Ubuntu and images and voices ofhope. The government also encouragespeople to have conversations and partner-ships, as well as inspire the public to takepractical action to make the world better.Meanwhile, Capitec Bank made a pres-

entation after the event, alerting people ofscams in place to defraud them of theirhard-earned money. The bank also pro-vided decorations for the event and handmassages for all who attended.

Pre-School looking for a perma-nent home

Tiny Makgale,an educator inBokamoso pre-school inMasakhane andone of herhelper in frontof the newestshack. Photo:TK Mashaba

dren early learning and I have been look-ing for a permanent place but unfortu-nately I have not found one. I won’t giveup,” she said.She added that the school’s previous

location had been in an RDP house.However, the school had to relocate dueto the owners’ unexpected return.She says that the first children to come

to her school are now almost eightyears old and always have a hug or akiss for her when they see her.“It breaks my heart to see children on

the streets or being left at home with-out early learning and they end up strug-gling in first grade,” she said.Makgale urged the municipality, or

anyone who can assist the school, tocontact her.“I will be grateful to see this dream

going big and end up producing the he-roes of tomorrow,” she said.Anyone interested in helping the

school can contact Tiny Makgale on076 031 9145

TK Mashaba

Tiny Makgale, a resident of Masakhane,is an educator at Bokamoso Pre-School in the small township. Her smallschool moves frequently from one rentedhouse to another while she tries to pro-vide early learning for children aged 1-5years.Makgale, who has been looking for a

permanent place for her school, told TheBEAT that she has the best interestsof the children at heart. She has beenwith the pre-school for three years nowin a series of locations, and she wor-ries that the frequent shifts in localemay confuse the children, who onlybarely have a chance to get used to oneplace before the school moves to thenext. Many studies have shown that con-sistency and routine are vital parts ofearly childhood development, and it isdifficult to establish a routine when theschool is constantly shifting.“I am trying my best to give these chil-

Women fromdifferent denomi-nations joined theworld in prayingfor NelasonMandela’s well-being and celebrat-ing his birthday byhelp cleaning theBela-Bela Hospital.The womendressed in theirchurches’ uniformand dedicated their67 minutes ofcommunity like therest of the worlddoes, annually.Photo: Lizzy Bapela


TK Mashaba

The Department of Education’s annualreading and writing competition at clusterlevel was held on 24 July at LaerskoolWarmbad. Hleketani Primary School’s stu-dents did their teachers proud with fourlearners taking home prizes in various di-visions.Dipuo Mathaba came first in Sepedi writ-

ing, while Karabo Chuma came second inSetswana. Neo Mabaso came first in theTsonga reading division while NkatekoMabaso came in second.Hleketani Primary School performed well

last year too, sending three students all theway to district level. They were Grade 3 stu-dents Mpho Mohubedu (8), Betty Ditsele (8)and Mpho Maite (9).Hleketani’s four winners are joined by

Laerskool Warmbad’s Boithoko Moeng, whocame first in English writing, and Desai Talha,who took second place in reading.Mmamakwa also had only two winning stu-

dents, Amogeland Manumani, who took firstplace in Setswana writing while MautsaneMotjatji came second in reading in the same

Hleketani students excelat reading competition

Some of the learners who will be representing Warmbaths clusters at district level.Photo Supplied

language.Spa Park’s Kekana Oratile who came first

in English reading ,and Ramokone Moloto,who took second place in the same division.Rhenosterkloof Primary School’s Pitseng

Gontse and Veronica Chudi took first andthird place respectively in Setswana writing.Khabele’s Ndlovu Martinson took second

in writing in Setswana while Phllip Teffu camesecond in reading in the same language.Jinnah Park had Matlaila Matshidiso in third

place in English writing while BoitshephoKhoza came third in in English reading.Albert Luthuli Primary had only one learner

taking home a prize, with young MatlailaMatshidiso coming in third place in Englishreading.According to Bela-Bela Circuit Curriculum

Advisor Kedibone Modiba these students willbe representing the Warmbaths Circuit whenthey meet the other clusters at KoedoeskopLaerskool on 15 August.“The above mentioned will be representingthe Warmbaths Circuit when they meet withother clusters at district level at KoedoeskopLaerskool on 15 August.” Said Bela-Bela Cir-cuit Curriculum advisor Kedibone Modiba.

Sunday’s comedy show a success

said comedy came to him at a youngage, but said that he never thoughtthat he would take it to a professionallevel.He added that being on stage was

not always as nice as it seemed, butsaid that one needs to relate to theaudience in a language they under-stand.Bela-Bela’s live band LR&BE also

kept the crowd on their toes with theirstunning performance, but it wasYahweh who stole the show with theirafro-centric sounds, the crowd glee-fully singing along.Modimol le mayor Kgaret ja

Lekalakala also attended the event.Mabusha Mitsenga, Yahweh group’s

lead vocalist, thanked the fans for sup-porting the event.

MabushaMitsenga(middle) and hisback-up vocal-ists during theshow. Photo:TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

Fun-loving Waterbergers came in num-bers to see one of Limpopo’s premierstand-up comedians this weekend onSunday, 28 July. The show was or-ganized by Yahweh Productions, alocal live band.From the word go, Mashabela

Galane had the crowd of more than500 in stitches. Galane, who is cur-rently promoting his new DVD RockYour Mother Tongue, needed no intro-duction to the crowd, and said in aninterview that he enjoyed the warmthand hospital i ty he received inModimolle.“I travel a lot and meet different peo-

ple and I am glad it was like a homeaway from home,” he said. Galane

Red carpet event to celebratewomen’s day

TK Mashaba

Unleashed Women will be hosting a redcarpet gala dinner at the Dienssentrumhall in Bela –Bela on Friday, 9 Augustfrom 17:30 to 20:30.The event will be celebrated under the

theme “The role of modern woman insociety” and will cover a range of top-ics applicable to women of differentbackgrounds, and will also touch onother topics in order to bring awarenessof issues affecting women includingbreast cancer and women’s rights.Henrietta van Kramsberg, a breast

cancer survivor and entrepreneur, will begiving the keynote address for the

Teko Moloto, one of the event organ-isers. Photo supplied

evening.According to Teko Moloto of Moloto

Attorneys, one of the event’s coordina-tors, the tickets will be sold at R150each and the proceeds donated to alocal charity. The event will include ameal and a toast in honor of the womenin attendance.“It will also give women from all walks

of life an opportunity to interact witheach other and acquire awareness onsome of the issues affecting women intoday’s society,” she said/On 9 August 1956 twenty thousand

women staged a march on the UnionBuildings in Pretoria to protest againstthe proposed amendments to the Ur-ban Areas Act — also known as thepass laws — of 1950. The march wasled by Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph,Rahima Moosa and Sophie Williams.They left bundles of petitions contain-

ing more than a hundred thousand sig-natures at Prime Minister J.G.Strydom’s office doors. The women alsosang a protest song in composed inhonour of the occasion: Wathint’AbafaziWathint’imbokodo (now you havetouched the women, you have struck arock).In the 54 years since that day the

phrase, especially in its latest incarna-tion: ‘You strike a woman, you strike arock,’ has come to represent the cour-age and strength of South Africanwomen.Since 1994 the day has been com-

memorated annually as Women’s Dayin South Africa.Reservations for the red carpet event

may be made at 072 269 9502, 082 8385313 or 082 697 7036.

Destitute family gets a new house

TK Mashaba

The Mbomba family from the Skierlik infor-mal settlement near Bela–Bela will soon beenjoying their first night in a new home aftertheir shack burnt down on the night of 15July. Their new shack was built byToowoomba’s Department of Agriculture aspart of their Mandela Day initiatives. The keywas officially handed over on Friday, 26 July.Chris Sonnekus, a manager from Towoomba,told The BEAT that his team donated mate-rial and time to build the new home, as wellas furniture and other necessities.“We are just happy that we managed to putshelter on a family that needed help,” he said.Mmakoska Mmamabolo, also from

Towoomba, said that her team worked tire-lessly after they were informed of the event.The shack’s owner, Grace Mbomba, works

in a restaurant in town at night, and returnedhome late on the night of the fire, only to findthat nothing could be saved from her home.Her three children, however, managed to fleetheir burning home without injury.During the hand-over of the keys she

showed her gratitude and thanked all theteams who took the time to help her familywith shelter.The Bela-Bela police said that although no

case was opened for arson on the Mbombahome, they recently arrested a suspect inconnection with a shack fire in Zuma Views,another informal settlement near Bela-Bela.

The only thingthat was left afterthe fire burnt theshack. Photo:Supplied

The ToowoombaDepartment ofAgriculture teamhanding the keysto Grace Mbomba(blue jersey) Photosupplied


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Despite their 1-0 loss to Kaizer Chiefson Saturday, 27 July Kgotso Mfati, guestcoach for the Orlando Pirates, is pleasedwith his experience.The Bela-Bela local, who led the Pi-

rates’ 11-man team at the FNB stadiumin front of 94 000 people, returned homegushing about the experience of a life-time.The media buzz surrounding Mfati,

Guest coach pleased despite Pirates’ loss

Mfati during coaching classes with Orlando Pirates players: Photo SuppliedMfati with Orlando Pirates Coach Roger De Sa: Photo Supplied

started in the week before the game andcontinued into this week, including anappearance on Capricorn FM Sports. Dur-ing an interview with the BEAT, Mfati saidthat it was “one hell of an experience,”and that he enjoyed it despite the matchbeing a tough one.“Before the game during the week last

week, I had to attend interviews with sev-eral radio stations,” he said. “I also at-tended training sessions with my teamsand did coaching class with them, and

it was the most precious time to be infront of one of the biggest teams in SouthAfrica, telling them about my experiencein soccer.”Mfati said one of the errors made by his

team during the game was giving toomuch ball in the centre of the pitch, whereKaizer Chiefs were strong. The Chiefswere understandably eager to win, as theyhad not taken the cup since its inceptionin 2011, while defending champions Pi-rates were just as motivated.

“Unfortunately luck was not on our sidebut I want to thank the players for a hard-fought match,” he said.Mfati said that, despite a busy week of

networking with various teams and teamowners from the lower levels, he had notyet made a promise to join any of them.“The opportunity I had is one that any-

one can reach. It’s all on the individual tobelieve in himself,” he said, encouragingyoung people to take up sports as he be-lieves it builds character.

Spar and Justice team in 67 minutes of community work

Bela Community Crèche. Teko Moloto andJoggie Mmabane of Moloto Attorneys, AngieGermishuys of Johan Enslin Attorneys,Michelle Beatson of Lanser & Williams Attor-neys and Susan Monaledi of the Departmentof Justice and a prosecutor at the Bela Bela

Magistrates Court formed part of the team.The staff acknowledged the toys, station-

ery, cake and sweets that they received fromthe team as a means of giving to honourMandela Day.Du Preez encouraged the children to emu-

late Nelson Mandela by following in his foot-steps of forgiveness, reconciliation and unityin order for them to grow to be good individu-als in the society. She also emphasized thather team was honoured and privileged to havespent their 67 minutes at the crèche and thatthey would take steps to assist the crèchewhere possible.The team also took note of some of the chal-

lenges that the crèche is facing including ashortage of mattresses and toys for the chil-dren. They also enjoyed a treat when the chil-dren sang a happy birthday song to Mandela.The team then proceeded to Reamogetswe

Centre for the Disabled and spent the daywith the disabled people. They also donatedbaskets of fruits to promote a healthy lifestyle.Meanwhile, former mayor of Bela-Bela

Henrieta “Die-Bang” Ledwaba graced thecrèche with her visit on the day joined in thecelebrations.Again, the Light of Africa community devel-

opment organization sponsored by Bela-BelaSpar hosted an event at the centre to cel-ebrate Mandela’s birthday with the disabledpeople. The event was conducted in partner-ship with the local Department of Social De-velopment, whose employees also joined inon the charity drive and helped clean the cen-tre inside and out. A group of young volun-

teers also got their hands dirty and madea garden at the centre.In his speech, Josias Ramalekana from

Light of Africa thanked all the people whomade the event possible and those whocontributed their time and efforts in ensur-ing happiness and warmth in the heartsof the vulnerable and the needy. Staff mem-bers of the centre also thanked the goodSamaritans for giving up their jobs for thatday and embarked in such deeds.Local entertainment groups rendered

items for the attendees and visitors, withdifferent speakers giving their bit of under-standing on the “iconic hero and father ofthe nation”, Mandela.Martin Moloto of the Bela-Bela Parlia-

mentary Constituency Office and mem-bers of the Bela-Bela Youth Developmentalso graced the event.Just as the General Assembly’s

resolution does, the good Samaritans alsorecognized Mandela’s values and his dedi-cation to the service of humanity in thefields of conflict resolution and race rela-tions. They also acknowledged his pas-sion for the protection of human rights,reconciliation, gender equality and therights of children and other vulnerablegroups. The team also encouraged theupliftment of poor and underdevelopedcommunities, .also acknowledgingMandela’s contribution to the struggle fordemocracy internationally and the promo-tion of a culture of peace throughout theworld.

Good Samaritans spent their Mandela Day at Reamogetswe Centre of the Disa-bled, situated in Ngoatle Street, next to the local community hall, where theydonated some goodies on the day. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Bela-Bela Magistrate Tanya du Preez leda team of employees from the Departmentof Justice in spending Mandela Day withchildren and staff members of the Bela-

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