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CCTV shows the suspect walking through the Modimall with Jacobeth Mongatane from BelaBela’s baby on her back, leaving the mall via Exit 3, on the day of the abduction. The womanhas not yet been identified.

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her at the time, in town and offeredher a position as babysitter at herhome in Phagameng. Mongatanewas told that she could take the babywith her.Mongatane agreed and they

arranged to meet the next day at aspecified time and place in BelaBela, from where they would go tothe suspect’s house in Modimolleso that Mongatane could startwork.The suspect paid the taxi fees to

Modimolle and intimated toMongatane that she was a wealthywoman. They went to the Modimallfirst because the suspect allegedly

had to have key copies made.Having arrived there at around16:00, she told Mongatane to waitat the Fish & Co. while she had thekey made, and that she would buysomething for the baby. Thesuspect then allegedly entered themall with the baby.By 20:00 that night, Mongatane

started to suspect that the womanwas not going to return with herbaby, and opened a kidnappingcase with the police in Modimolle.According to Findlay, the suspect

was clearly visible on the centre’sCCTV network. At around 16:10she walked through the mall

quickly, with the baby on herback, leaving the mall via Exit 3.Since there are no camerasoutside the entrances, the policecould not make out much more thanthat, but it is believed that she wasgoing in the direction of Mr.Munchies.The police suspect that the case

may be related to human trafficking,considering the circumstances.The police have asked anyone

with information that could leadthem to the suspect to contact W/OBobby Nel of the Children’sProtection Unit in Modimolle on:014 718 1025 or 082 319 9465

Denise van Bergen

The police are looking for anunknown Zulu-speaking woman inconnection with the abduction of afour month-old baby girl from theModimall on Wednesday, 23 April.According to information received

from police spokesperson WarrantOfficer James Findlay, JacobethMongatane (17) from Syferskuilnear Bela Bela, met the allegedabductor, who has not beenidentified, on Tuesday, 22 April inBela Bela.The suspect apparently stopped

Mongatane, who had her baby with

The police are urgently looking for information thatcould help them recover this four month-old baby girl,who was abducted from the Modimall on Wednesday,23 April by a middle-aged Zulu-speaking woman. Thephoto provided is the most recent photo available ofthe baby. Please contact W/O Bobby Nel at 014 7181025 or 082 319 9465 if you have any information.

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The police in Bela Bela are investigat-ing a case of arson following anincident that happened at Extension 5on Saturday, 26 April.Police spokesperson Constable Glen

Manamela said that a man estimatedto be in his mid-twenties approachedtwo women who were on their wayhome on the day in question. Shesaid that the man then grabbed onewoman and allegedly assaulted herbecause she does not want to be hisgirlfriend.Constable Manamela also said that

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The ousted mayor of MogalakwenaCouncillor Tlhalefi Mashamaite and ChiefWhip Councillor Samuel Montane tookthe local municipality to court, followingthe Council’s resolution to remove them.The council meeting took place at theLleka Lekalakala Council Chambers on17 April and the two’s case was struckoff the roll with costs.The Mogalakwena Municipal Special

Council had resolved to demote all council-ors implicated in the KPMG report asEXCO members to ordinary councilors. Thecouncil had also resolved to appointCouncillor William Mabuela as the newmayor of Mogalakwena and CouncillorPhuti Pila as Chief Whip of the Municipality.A reliable source within the ANC told

The BEAT that the ANC refused torecognize Mabuela and Pila as themunicipality’s new political managementteam members. The source said that

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The South African National Aids Councilconducted its final plenary meeting inModimolle, which the Deputy PresidentKgalema Motlanthe chaired as his lastmeeting. The meeting took place at theOR Thambo Hall on Tuesday, 15 April.Motlanthe was accompanied by Health

Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, LimpopoPremier Stan Mathabatha, Limpopo MECfor Health and Social Development DipuoLetsatsi-Duba and Modimolle MayorKgaretja Lekalakala among others.A five-year review of the fight against the

epidemic was discussed at the session,resulting in SANAC and its key stake-holder agreeing that the next five yearswill see a tougher response to HIV/AIDS,TB and STDs. Such stakeholders includecivil society, businesses and organisedlabour and SANAC is the body thatadvises the government on the responseto infectious diseases.Motlanthe said that since 2009 they

have looked at their resources and thepolicy decisions taken by the cabinet in

Man charged with arson

Justin Steyn

With South Africans all over the countrycasting their votes in the upcomingelections, two youngsters spoke to TheBEAT about why they are electing therulling party.Eleck Hlungwane (18) and Emmanuel

Mbiza (19) said the 1976 Soweto upris-ing is a main inspiration for their vote.‘’In honour of those who fought for our

freedom we vote for the ANC. Incidentslike the Soweto uprising are just some ofthe reasons we vote, those who foughtfor better and equal education haveinspired us to ensure something like thatdoesn’t happen again,’’ said Hlungwane.The two said that current issues such asthe Nkandla report are mere ways forother parties to gain votes despite theinvestigation ongoing.‘’A lot of allegations have been made

against our president, Jacob Zuma,about the report but the investigation isstill ongoing. Other parties have usedthis to give Zuma a bad name during theelections but nothing has been con-cluded. We believe he is innocent of allcharges,’’ they said.Both have admitted that unemploymentis a current problem facing SouthAfrican youths but this, they say, will besorted out by the ANC.‘’Currently there is a huge gap as far

as far unemployment goes, but the ANCwill initiate in an employment program

ANC Born Frees speakMogalakwena mayoral saga continues

Deputy President chairs final meeting

Ousted Mogalakwena mayor Hlalefi Mashamaite is said to be reinstated.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

the woman managed to run home andcalled on her brother for assistance.She further said that the suspectargued with the victim and her brotheron the brother’s arrival and said thathe was going to do “deal with them”.She added that the suspect left and ina short while the other woman ap-proached the complainant and in-formed her that their house was onfire.On arrival, the police, who were alerted

of the incident arrested the suspectimmediately and charged him witharson. He appeared before the Bela BelaMagistrate Court on Tuesday, 29 April.

heads were going to roll as the ANCLimpopo Provincial and WaterbergRegional Executive Committees wereexpected to drive down to Mogalakwenaand sort out the ‘mess’ made by thecouncil.Mashamaite and Montane were said to

be planning to be sworn back in and 10new councilors also appointed onWednesday, 30 April, following theousting of the reported Executive Com-mittee members.A source added that angry and

greedy people have cause factionswithin the municipality that led to thecouncil taking faulty resolutions.The current municipal spokesperson

Malesela Selokela was reported to be onhis way out, following his alleged nepo-tism. Selokela is accused of favouringthe ousted municipal manager WilliamKekana.Selokela was not available for com-

ment.

after the elections. They are alsoincreasing the amount of FET collegesin the country to better equip the youth,’’said Mbiza.On concerns regarding education,

Hlungwane said that there is no textbookshortage.“The Department of Education hasimplimented a series of text books called‘Mind the Gap, which makes learningfreely available from the department soas far as I am concerned there is noshortage,’’ he said.Both youths are pursuing proffesional

carreers in which they say the ANC hasinsisted greatly.Hlungwane says he would like to becomea political analyst to ensure that thecountry is run fair and without corruption.Mbiza, who would like to become a

doctor, said that the medical field is ripewith opportunity for the youth and thathealth threats such as the HIV\Aids virusare better controlled since the ANC hascome into power.‘’If you look at medical issues such as the

HIV virus, a lot of progress has been made.The level of dosage has decreased as themedicine available have become strongerunder our government. The ANC has alsoopportunities for the youth to study abroadand better equip their skills in medicine’’ hesaid.Mbiza and Hlungwane said they are

excited about casting their first vote andconfident the ANC will be elected again.

that year. He said that they also lookedat the implementation of the policydivision with regards to extendingtreatment to patients with CD4 counts of350 or less had been working out.Motlanthe and Motsoaledi reflected onthe successes and failures of the lastplenary session as well.Motsoaledi pointed out that before

2009, the number of people tested forHIV/AIDS had not exceeded 2.6 million,but the figure has seen massive in-crease in the past several years. Hesaid that the HIV Counselling andTesting Campaign was launched in 2010and has shown that about 6 millionpeople are currently living with HIV/AIDSin South Africa. He further said that thereis a decline in mother to child transmis-sion of HIV/AIDS, and that the highernumber of infections is due to theincreased life expectancy of currentvictims.He also mentioned that South Africa is

one of the countries who are receivingthe bulk of international funding to fightTB and MDR-TB.

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The ANC activists show their election posters with prideand believe that they will win the elections again. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Leaders’ views on the political situation in the Waterberg

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It’s election season again, and politicalparties are reaching out to communitieswith the intent to win votes, and all ofthem hope to reign supreme in thecoming general elections.Many communities have said that they

realize that their leaders are only willingto reach out during election time andhide away immediately after winning.Protestors also accused party membersof bringing their parties into disrepute,with infighting within municipalitiestaking its own toll on the faith of thepeople.The BEAT interviewed political party

leaders in the Waterberg area to gathertheir thoughts on the political situation inthe area.The Regional Chairperson of the

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)Lebogang Monageng, said that the ANC

has been of help to certain communities,while others are still longing for betterlives.“There are communities that witness

huge business infrastructure being builtaround them but do not benefit fromthem. The Waterberg area is rich withpotential and has a lot of mines, butcommunities surrounding those mines,including Thabazimbi and Mogalakwena,are still suffering.Unemployment rates are still

skyrocketing 20 years into democracyand small businesses and youngentrepreneurs are not being empoweredand not benefiting from the nation’seconomic growth. Leaders must take ontheir social responsibilities and developthe nation, which is what the EFF ispromising to do. Our leader JuliusMalema’s recent visit proved that thepeople do trust out party and will vote forit. The door-to-door campaigns we

conducted in all parts of the region alsohelped ensure our strength in theregion.”Beyers Smith of the Democratic

Alliance (DA) said that the people arecurrently disgruntled with the ANC withregards to the corruption and infightingsreportedly taking place within the party;and unkept promises made to the voters.He said that in some places people arestill indecisive of who to vote for in thecoming elections but there is asatisfying number of those who want theDA to bring change in the government.“To give a vote to the EFF, the voters

will be reminded of the party leaderJulius Malema’s corruption cases, whichshows that he does not respect the law.Meanwhile, it is being rumoured thatapartheid will be brought back if the DAis voted into power and that is so nottrue. However, there are those who stillbelieve our party can do better,” said

Smith.ANC Regional Secretary Tolly

Mashamaite said that according to hisfindings while conducting door-to-doorcampaigns recently, the people ofWaterberg still trust in the ANC and itsleaders, especially President Zuma’sleadership. He said that the party is stillgoing strong and voters did giveassurance of their loyalty during thenearing general elections. He added thatservice delivery protests are now at aminimal rate, except for those who justconduct them for their own personalreasons and not those that concern thecommunity, referring to the recent protestwhere the people were complaining aboutthe municipality.Mashamaite further said that the ANC is

busy fixing problems relating servicedelivery, as they know they did not do100% and the voters still believe that thiswill be a mission accomplished in the end.

EFF leaders believe that they will makeit in the elections. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The DA’s door-to-door campaigns conducted recentlyassure them of the support they have in particularcommunities. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Children and staff at the Dira-O-Direlwedrop-in centre in Modimolle were disap-pointed when top government andpolitical officials had to cancel a plannedvisit at the last minute.The country’s outgoing deputy presi-

dent Kgalema Motlanthe, Health MinisterDr Aaron Motswaledi and LimpopoPremier Stan Mathabatha had to canceltheir visit on Tuesday, 15 April due topressing duties that came up before theirdeparture.The centre received a visit from

senior management of the Departmentof Health and Social Development inLimpopo and the Waterberg Districtled by the Department’s MEC DipuoLetsatsi-Duba and Modimolle MayorKgaretja Lekalakala, instead. Thechildren and staff members spent theday singing and dancing, waiting towelcome their leaders upon theirarrival, but still gave a warm welcometo the MEC and her entourage.In her welcome speech centre

founder Rachel Mosehla acknowl-edged the delegates’ visit and gave a

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The MEC for the Department of Healthand Social Development, DipuoLetsatsi-Duba is being accused ofhaving failed to intervene in a culturaldispute in her department.The DA in Limpopo reported that they

will be writing a letter to theCommision for the Promotion andProtection of the Rights of Cultural,

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The Chairperson of the ANC MonotongBranch in Modimolle Klaas Mabundaled over 2 100 people from his Ward toattend the recent ANC Siyaqoba Rallyas part of the election campaign.The rally took place at the local sportsfield on Sunday, 27 April. Mabundasaid that the rally also aimed atcelebrating Freedom Day, whichdating back to 1995, is a day whenSouth Africa got its freedom to elect anew president democratically, the lateNelson Mandela.Mabunda addressed the crowd,

encouraging people to vote for theANC in the general elections, whichhe reckons as important.In his address, Mabunda said that

the challenges the society is facedwith is because of the developmentsthat urges people to relocate to urbanareas, hence the challenges are at

Modimolle Mayor Kgaretja Lekalakala and Limpopo MEV Dipuo Letsatsi-Duba andtheir entourage on their recent visit to the Dira-O-Direlwe drop-in-centre. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Bigwigs cancel drop-in centre visit

brief description of the centre’s activi-ties and origins. She also addedinformation about the role the centreplays in the community. She acknowl-edged the local municipality for donat-ing land and a building to them,saying that now they are well knownin the community, with people referringthe sick to them for assistance.The Department of Correctional

Services donated land to plant on aspart of their greenery programme andthey bring the centre vegetables everyWednesday, while Toyota brings themfood parcels every Thursday. TheNational Lottery also contributed fundsto the operation of the centre.In her address, MEC Duba applauded

the staff for their hard work, sayingthat the most important reward theyare expecting is the professionals thatwill have been supported by the centrein years to come.The MEC said that the department’s

representatives too note of thecentre’s needs and will address themduring their programmes, adding thatserious intervention is still needed atthe centre.

MEC for the Department of Health andSocial Development in Limpopo DipuoLetsatsi-Duba is being accused ofhaving failed to intervene in a culturaldispute in her department. Photo: LizzyBapela

Tribal hostility affectsDepartment of Healthand Social Development

Religious and Linquistic Communities,asking them to investigate a group ofsenior officials in the Department whoare alleged to be behind a campaign ofethnic cleansing in the Department.It is alleged that these officials are

behind claims of growing tribal hostilitybetween Venda, Tsonga and Sepedi-speaking officials working in the De-partment. The tensions are said to becreating serious discontent among thestaff and in the public. It is furtheralleged that these officials want toensure that people from Venda occupystrategic positions especially in thefinance and HR departments.Four Sepedi-speaking officials have

allegedly been instructed to vacatetheir positions to make way for Vendaofficials. This group is alleged to havealready orchestrated the plan to ensurethat directorates were stripped of theirfinancial delegations with the aim oftaking control of the departmentalbudget.“It is clear that the MEC has failed to

intervene by establishing a task team toinvestigate all these allegations and totake the appropriate steps against thisgroup. The CRL Rights Commissionmust commence their investigation andcome up with recommendations that willensure that tribal hostility is addressedfor good in this department,” said the DALimpopo Provincial Leader and Memberof Parliament Jacques Smalle.Departmental spokesperson Macks

Lesufi could not be reached for com-ment.

The people of Modimolle’s Phagameng Township came out in their numbers toattend the rally. Photo supplied

ANC Monotong Branch Siyaqoba Rally

such areas. He added that childrennow move out of their homes to findtheir own places, hence the housingbacklog is not moving impressively.”Voting will ensure that allocation

of budget is increased and mostbacklogs will be addressed. TheANC needs everyone’s vote as withcombined effort, South Africa will bemoved forward. We remain guilty ofall convictions to better the lives ofour people, but such can be doneeffectively when all generationsvotes for the ANC,” said Mabunda.He said that as a branch, they are

not intimidated by the popularity ofthe Economic Freedom Fighters(EFF) of any other party but theydo note that they exist. He furthersaid that from the 2 100 people whoattended the rally, they couldaccount for 1 700 people’s assur-ance of voting and voting for theANC.

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Philosophers tend to think aboutthings that we ordinary mortalsdon’t give much thought to, as arule.For example, in the early 17th

century a French philosopher bythe name of René Descartes(1596-1650) was quite obsessedfor some time with the nature ofknowledge and reality.What, he asked, was knowl-

edge? How did one know thatwhat one knew was true? How, infact, does one know anything?As a corollary to this series of

questions, he also asked aboutreality. What is real? How doesone know that what one observesis, in fact, real? And if one can’tknow that what one observes isreal, how does one know any-thing at all? Does objective realityactually exist?“Do I” he asked, “actually exist?”In the end, after much thought,

he came up with the followingstatement: cogito, ergo sum or, Ithink, therefore I am.His thought process, according

to his writing, ran something likethis: “…immediately upon this Iobserved that, whilst I thuswished to think that all was false,it was absolutely necessary thatI, who thus thought, should besomewhat; and as I observedthat this truth, I think, therefore Iam, was so certain and of suchevidence that no ground of doubt,however extravagant, could bealleged by the sceptics capableof shaking it, I concluded that Imight, without scruple, accept itas the first principle of thephilosophy of which I was insearch.”Descartes came to the conclu-

sion (if a philosopher can ever besaid to come to a conclusion,there are probably rules againstthat) that the very act of wonder-ing whether or not he existedmeant that he had to exist,because if he hadn’t, therewould have been no him towonder whether or not he ex-isted. His thoughts at thatmoment proved to his satisfac-tion that he existed in thatmoment, although he stillmaintained that this did notprove that he had existedearlier, or would exist later.He went on to say that that

fact, the fact of his own exist-ence in that point in time, wasthe only thing of which he couldbe completely sure. And that’s afair point, actually. Is there anyway to establish objectivelyanything other than one’s ownexistence?Nobody has yet been able to

find one. Even you, dear reader,exist only as a figment of myimagination, while the only proofyou have that I exist, is somewords on a page.And of course, establishing

that you exist by using as proofyour doubts about your ownexistence is the kind of twistythinking that philosophers love.Descartes went on, as is

implied in the quote, to base anentire philosophy on this simplestatement, on the thought that Ithink, therefore I am.

It’s easy to see when electionseason is coming.Roads get fixed, service delivery

suddenly improves and politiciansstart lying through their teeth aboutwhat their party has or will do. Foodpackets and T-shirts are handed out,worn-out struggle songs are broughtout of peaceful retirement and thehigh and mighty appear, for the firsttime in four years, among thepeople.It’s really rather entertaining to

watch, in a sad sort of way, as theleaders and would-be leaders makethe same worn-out promises everyfour years — promises nobody,least of all the electorate, is actuallyexpecting them to keep.We know better now.Gone are the days when a govern-

ment official could be flogged for notdoing his job (admittedly, they arelong gone. Back when democracywas new, people took the ideaseriously. In ancient Athens, forexample, you were flogged for notvoting).Of course, things are better now.

Women and people of colour havethe vote, which is of course fabulousand something worth fighting for. Ofcourse, that fight is over now.This year, people will be voting who

have never felt the yoke ofapartheid. Think about that for aminute, dear reader. There arepeople who are now twenty yearsold, eligible to vote in very nearlyevery country in the world, who haveno first-hand experience of apart-heid. I think we can say withconfidence that the struggle is welland truly over now.Now it’s the good old boring slog of

day to day life. Of building roadsand houses instead of blowing themup or burning them down and, as itturns out, Castro was right. Itactually is easier to blow a train upthan to make it run on time.Building a nation is hard work.

We’ve had a good foundation laidfor us by the great leaders of thepast; the Madibas and the Tutus andthe De Klerks. And what, exactly,have we accomplished since then?What have we done with all the

hope and expectation they handedus?Power stations that were planned,

were never built. The ones that arebeing built were started when thecountry was already experiencing apower crisis (has nobody in thegovernment heard of forwardplanning?).The Rand is worth less than the

paper it’s printed on (anyone elseremember the days of R2 for abread and R30 for a tin of coffee?Both those prices have doubled inthe last five years.)The prices of everything have gone

up, borne on the back of the spiral-ing petrol price.I’m not here to tell you who to vote

for. Only you have the right todecide that.What I can tell you is that each

and every one of us counts, and weall need to look closely at ourchoices this election season,because we can’t go on like this.Sooner or later, something’s going

to give.

Vote yourconscience

Cogito, ergosum.

The sewage situation in Lillian Ngoyi Street in Modimolle continues dire evenafter several months have passed. Contractors have allegedly been hired tobuild a bridge over the dirt road, but although workers appear to be preparingto erect the bridge, residents say that it doesn’t appear as though the munici-pality is making much progress in actually repairing the leak.

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Limpopo MEC forEducation

Dikeledi Magadziis alleged to have

misled thepublic. Photo:

Lizzy Bapela

DA calls for removalof Education MEC

Lizzy Bapela

While the Department of Basic Educa-tion continues to claim that all text-books in the province have beendelivered, the DA has called for theimmediate removal of the department’sMEC Dikeledi Magazdi.“The Department has lied to the

people of Limpopo,” said DA provincialleader Jacques Smalle. “OnWednesday, 23 April, the Departmentadmitted that they had misled thepublic when they claimed to havedelivered all the required textbooks toLimpopo schools. There are at least 39schools who have not yet receivedtheir textbooks. This means that yetagain, there are thousands of studentsin Limpopo who do not have textbooksfour months into the school year.” Hewent on to call the situation intolerable,

as itcompromises theeducation ofchildren.Smalle said that

although theDepartment wasmaintaining that ithad delivered allthe province’stextbooks ontime, this wasclearly not true.He made

mention of thefact that theDepartmentcontinued to say

this even after schools had startedcourt action for the non-delivery oftextbooks, and that the Departmenthad allegedly done everything in theirpower to conceal the true extent of theproblem.A body representing principals in the

area recently told the media thatschool principals were beingthreatened, and that false statementscredited to them have been released tothe media, while the DA alleges thatthey have found thousands ofundelivered textbooks in the teachertraining college in Fetakgomo. Othertextbooks were allegedly dumped atthe Phatlaphadima School for the Blindin Ga Mashashane.“The Department did not even respond

to these problems when we noted theissues, and just issued denials,” said arepresentative of the DA. “The fact isthat there are a number of schoolswhich have not yet received all thebooks they need. Some weeks ago theDA met with Premier Stan Mathabathato discuss the problem and werepromised a speedy resolution, butnothing has changed.”“Zuma’s ANC has become extremely

arrogant,” Smalle added. “They believethey can just lie their way out of anysituation. They are also taking thepeople’s support for granted. It doesn’tmatter to them that children will have togo without textbooks. They would ratherpretend that there is no problem, tosave themselves embarrassment. It isthe hallmark of a party that believes thatit is entitled to rule no matter what. It’sarrogance, pure and simple. The MECmust be fired immediately. Since herappointment in August the Departmenthas essentially been lying to the peopleof Limpopo non-stop.”The Department and the teachers’

union SADTU could not be reached forcomment in the matter.

Blessed is the hand that giveth

proceedings at the new church.Reverend Mosima unveiled the stone,while Pholosi cut the ribbon andopened the door. Reverend BaukaMaluleka preached a powerfulsermon, sending thanks to all thosewho contributed to the building of thechurch.The church’s services previously

took place in a shack, a situationwhich touched the hearts of theirfellow congregants, who opened theirhearts and pockets and contributed. Acompany owned by AndreShchoeman of Mokopane donatedbuilding materials while MmamakwaSchool Principal Tladi Lelake boughtthe stone and Menyatso Funerals ofBela Bela contributed by printing thestone.

The leaders of the Uniting Reformed Church in SA celebrated the openingof the new church in Mamethlake. Photo supplied

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The Bela Bela Circuit Congregation ofthe Uniting Reformed Church (URC)in SA remembers those in need andhave contributed towards theirrejoicing. The members and leadersopened a new branch of their churchin one of their wards, Makau, inMmametlhake in Mpumalanga. Theofficial opening ceremony was held atthe new premises on Saturday, 26April.Congregation members from Bela

Bela attended the event to witnessthe results of their heartfelt donationsand sponsorships. The presidingminister of the Bela Bela Circuit,Reverend Pheto Mosima and anelder Joseph Pholosi led the

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The Waterberg Regional SAFA officeis keeping mum on the reasoningbehind not sending Waterberg play-ers to the provincial selections heldat BloemfonteinRumour had it that two Waterberg

players, one from Diesel n Dust andanother from Total Surrender, weremeant to attend the selections, whichstarted on 29 April.The players were supposed to have

been transported to the next round ofselections by the regional SAFAoffice, but were allegedly informedthat SAFA had no money to takethem, and that the office’s car was

Happy Hearts bites the dust

TK Mashaba

The SAB League matchbetween Total Surrenderand Happy Hearts kickedoff sparks as both teamswere determined to win —Total Surrender beingdesperate to make theirway to the top of theStream A log while HappyHearts were equallydesperate to continue theirsmall winning streak.Former Total Surrender

coach, now of course thecoach for Happy Hearts,Zwakala Mokoma, wassadly unable to attend thematch. He, at least, wasspared seeing his newteam take a 2-1 beatingfrom his former teammates.Happy Hearts did not go

Sam Modise (redjersey) in atussle withHappy Heartsplayer. Photo: TKMashaba

Bondis Shikashowing how theplayers had tocommunicatethrough passes.TK Mashaba

Mike Lebelo whois the caretakercoach of HappyHearts also triedhis coaching tipbut they didn’twork. Photo: TKMashaba

gently into that good night,however. AlthoughSurrender scored the firstgoal, Happy Heartsdefended valiantly andwere awarded a penalty,reaching half-time with a 1-all score. They had severalconvincing tries at a goal,but Total Surrender’s goaliewas wide awake, andeventually Total Surrenderwas awarded a penalty oftheir own and SimonThobane put the ball solidlyin the net.Bondis Shika’s team

eventually went home in ajolly mood, having scored awin over their old coach’snew team and, notincidentally, nettedthemselves a tidy threepoints on the log.

SAFA’s regional office distancesitself from selections

broken.The BEAT contacted SAFA’s regional

league manager Refiloe Khoza, whodenied any knowledge of the situationand referred queries to ProvincialLeague manager, Pat Seema.Seema referred The BEAT back to

Khoza.John Mthunzini, the owner of Total

Surrender, who managed to travel withone of his players to the selections,said that SAFA is being irresponsible.“How can they say they don’t know

anything about the selection while theyare at the core of this selection?” heasked. “It’s a disgrace to the regionthat we don’t have any playersattending,” he said.

‘How can they say they don’t know anythingabout the selection while they are at the

core of this selection?’

SAB League still has a few gamesleft before the end of the league

BB Pirates lost 1-0 to M.MammoetArsenal while Elmar Auto played a1-all draw against Boys to Men.Total Surrender played a 0-all drawagainst Diesel n Dust.NTK Happy Boys played a 1-all

draw against Bela Bela Pirateswhile A1 Terrors lost 1-0 againstTrouble Makers, and Home Defend-ers beat Happy Hearts 3-1, in a sadreturn to form for the beleagueredHappy Hearts after a brief rally inprevious weeks.In Stream B, Yster United beat

Simple Yellows 3-0 while RealMadrid played 1-all against M. All-Stars. Mokopane Ratanang laiddown the law against DimakatsoSundown with 7-0.Later in the weekend, Stone

Breakers beat Thaba FC 3-0 whileMosesetjane United played 1-allagainst Simple Yellows.Juventus lost 4-2 to Maxoma while

Mokopane Ratanang played 2-allagainst M. All Stars.In Stream C, Sea Rovers played 2-

all against Bafaladi while Barcelonabeat Domingos 3-1 and TownshipRollers flattened Real Hearts with afinal score of 6-0.

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The SAB League reopened thisweekend after the Easter festivities.In Stream A, A1 Terrors and Bela

Bela Pirates are the favourites withTerrors leading the league at 37points while Pirates are hot on theirheels with 37.In Stream B, Yster United are

sitting on a comfortable 13-pointlead, with 45 points to MokopaneRatanang’s 32.In Stream C, Domingos are slowly

closing the gap on Shining Stars,who maintain a 3-point lead at 28points to Domingos’ 25.The weekend results from Stream

A: Trouble Makers played to a 3-alldraw against NTK Happy Boyswhile Boys to Men lost 3-2 to A1Terrors on Saturday, 26 April.Qualitho played a 0-all draw

against Modimolle All Stars whileBazooka and Diesel n Dust playeda 2-all draw.Happy Hearts lost 2-1 to Total

Surrender, still in Stream A.Bazooka lost 3-1 to Qualitho while

Modimolle All Stars beat NTKHappy Boys 1-0.

Do not follow where the path may lead.Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. -Harold R. McAlindon

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One of the TotalSurrender formerplayers assistingwith his ownmoney. Photo:TK Mashaba

Referee threatens towalk during half-time

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Drama abounded during the matchbetween Total Surrender and HappyHearts on Saturday, 26 April, at BelaBela High School’s sports grounds.At half-time, when the referee was

expecting to be paid as per SAFAregulations, he allegedly discoveredthat only half his fee was available.Total Surrender and Happy Hearts had

allegedly agreed to split the referee’sfee between them but, while HappyHearts was able to pay their part, TotalSurrender could not immediately comeup with the cash.Frantic attempts to contact team

owner John Mthunzini failed, as he hadalready left, and the upset referee told

Surrender coach Bondis Shika not towaste his time.Shika, for his part, pleaded with the

official not to abandon the game, andpromised to make a plan before thematch ended.As it happened, Total Surrender was

eventually able to pay the irate refereewith money borrowed from one of theirloyal fans.When asked for comment, Mthunzini

said that there was no rule stating thatthe referee had to be paid at half-time.“The ref knows that he was supposed

to be paid after the match is played,” hesaid.Drama aside, Surrender beat Happy

Hearts handily, the final score coming inas 2-1.

Bondis Shika trying to convince the angry referee to proceed with the gamewhile they were still waiting for money. Photo: TK Mashaba