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Bela Bela local risks hislife to save flood victims

TK Mashaba

It reminds one of the story of WolraadWoltemade, but at least this one has ahappy ending. Buddha Dlamini, anemployee of the Bela Bela municipality,put his life on the line to save Bela Belaresidents being threatened by the recentflooding.Dlamini, who works in the Fire and

Emergency Department, took a fewmoments to explain what happened to

The BEAT.“It all happened just as I was coming

back from Modimolle,” he said. By thetime he reached Klein-Kariba he couldsee water overflowing the road, and bythe time he actually came into Bela Bela,he was told that emergency serviceswere needed in parts of the town. Heimmediately jumped into the emergencytruck to see where he could help.At the first scene, he rescued a Ronwil

family of four who had become trapped in

their house.At the second scene, next to Swift

Diesel, he rescued a couple from theincoming flood.“I managed to cross over with the

husband,” Dlamini told The BEAT, “butwhen I went back for the woman, I keptfalling over to such an extent that I wasdrinking floodwater. I had to tie the ladyto myself in order to cross. Sadly, theirdog slipped and although I went back forit, I couldn’t find it.”

After that, Dlamini had to go and rest inhis truck as the reaction to what he haddone set in.“I was shivering with fear,” he said. “I

could have died, it was a very risky thingI did.”Later in the day Dlamini used his truck

to get stranded residents home.“This one time I saw Bela Bela united,

helping each other to cross over safely,and I want to thank everyone who did asplendid job,” he said.

These construction workers, who were working on the new mall next tothe Waterfront, waited for rescue on the roof of their storerooms. Photo:TK Mashaba

Buddha Dlamini next to the truck he used to transport stranded townshipresidents. Photo: TK Mashaba

PG 2Man found guilty of murder PG 3 No floods here, says Zuma view

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Woman believes shehas been cursed

Denise van Bergen

A woman in Modimolle recently found twosuspicious-looking bottles buried in heryard in one of the residential neighbour-hoods in town.Beauty Madala told The BEAT that she

had asked electricians to her home in orderto fix the wiring of the outside lights. Whenthe men dug up the underground wires,they found a Coke bottle filled with anunknown black liquid, a square of whatlooked like flesh and a piece of somethingof a jelly texture inside the bottle, as well asa very small bottle (or tube) filled with agrainy black substance that looked like tinyblack rocks.These two bottles were apparently tied

together with wire and buried with thenecks of the bottles facing downward.According to one of the electricians, who

is a member at the ZCC church, theobjects apparently resemble a type ofcurse put on victims to “keep them fromsucceeding in anything in their lives”.Madala, a former project manager at the

Department of Transport, believes thatthese bottles contained ‘muti’. She saysshe started to experience a series ofincidents in 2010. She apparently woke upone morning with a “troubled” feeling,which only got worse as time went by, up tothe point where she couldn’t face workanymore.

Justin Steyn

Jinnah Park Primary has suffered arather minor break-in on Monday, 10March.According to the school’s administrator,

Jacob Malete, only a few cleaning itemshad been stolen from the school. He saidthat the doors and some windows at theentrance of the school’s admin office hadbeen broken into. He suspects that thiswas the work of homeless children.“I think that they were looking for money

These suspi-cious-lookingbottles — a Cokebottle and tinybottle or tubefilled with un-known sub-stances — werefound in BeautyMadala’s yard onThursday, 27February, buriedupside down andbound togetherwith wire. Shebelieves that itcontained ‘muti’.Photo supplied

Madala handed in her resignation at theDepartment in December 2011. She thenran a shoe shop, which she later convertedinto a restaurant, but apparently this toofailed to succeed. In 2012 she got di-vorced. Apparently her husband told herthat he felt “inexplicably pushed away fromtheir home” until he left for good.In October last year (2013) she went to

live with her son in Pretoria, where she nowstill lives, and put her house in the marketto sell. She had the electricians at thehouse on Thursday, 27 February 2014when these bottles were revealed. A daylater, she apparently found a square pieceof “something” bound with red wool on theinside of the yard, next to the fence.Right after these items were found, she

contacted members from the ZCC church,who promised to go her house and have alook at it, but apparently they never did.The bottles and object bound with red

wool have since been disposed of.Madala says she has her suspicions as to

who might be responsible for this ‘curse’over her life, but she relies on her faith tokeep her strong.“I want who-ever who buried this ‘muti’ in

my yard and caused me such unhappinessto know that I’m still standing and will notgive up. Remember that what you do toothers will be done to you in return. What-ever is hidden here will manifest”, was hermessage to someone out there.

A break-in at Jinnah Park Primaryin our offices and since none of that iskept here they only took some cleaningproducts. Fingerprint dusting done by thepolice indicated that children’s hands atthe scene; I believe that these were justhomeless children looking for money tobuy food” he said.Malete added that the school suffered a

total of nine break-ins last year duringwhich they have lost a computer andkitchen utilities.No arrests regarding the break-ins have

been made.

Kedibone Kwadi’s murdererfound guilty

Jonas Makinta, the sole suspect inthe murder of the late KediboneKwadi, was found guilty of murder onWednesday, 12 March. Makinta hasbeen on trial at the High Court fromMonday, 3 March to Wednesday the12th. The proceedings took place atthe Modimolle Regional Court, as thePretoria High Court is busy with thehigh-profile murder case of the well-known athlete Oscar Pistorius.Makinta arrived at the court accom-

panied by his brother, while thedeceased’s family members showeda united front throughout the pro-ceedings. Walking up and down theaisles during breaks the accusedshown no fear or remorse, laughingin his conversations.Makinta has reportedly denied killing

his girlfriend, Kwadi, saying that theshots that the police fired whilechasing after him are the ones thatkilled her. According to the informa-tion received, he told the courts thathe was taking his wounded girlfriendto the hospital when the policechased after him and shot at his car.He had also said that he was neverat the place where the alleged crimetook place.The BEAT had reported previously

according to the information receivedthat the suspect gave the victim aphone and told her to call her brother,notifying him of the murder that wasabout to take place. As the brotherwas listening on the phone, wantingto ask where they were, the phonefell and he had to listen as thesuspect was allegedly killing his

Justin Steyn

An Imbizo was held in Spa Park andKoppewaai on Tuesday, 11 March. Thedialogue resulted in members ofvarious political parties gathering intheir masses to discuss various issuesconcerning the general area.However, there has been no re-

sponse from The Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settle-ments and Traditional Affairs(COGHSTA) and The Housing Devel-opment Agency (HDA) could not giveany feedback as they were unable tohold the meeting which had beenplanned for Monday, 10 March.

Containers that the murder accused Jonas Makinta used to operate hisbusiness from are said to be on sale. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

sister.According to the deceased’s

mother Christina Kwadi, the suspectkilled her daughter with great force.Kwadi died on 11 February 2013,after she was hacked to death andwas found with severe wounds onher body. An eyewitness saw Kwadiand Makinta arguing in the busheson the road to Towoomba Agricul-tural site, just outside town, a fewhours before the incident wasreported. The witness, who wishesto remain anonymous, told the policethat the suspect’s car was parkednext to the tree where they wereseen arguing. The suspect’s sneak-ers, the weapon, blood and thevictim’s bandana were found at thescene.All witnesses in the case had

already given their testimony exceptfor the mother of the deceasedbecause she never gave her state-ments to the police previously.People testifying in the case includedfamily members, the police, thedoctor who conducted a postmortem and the people from theLocal Criminal record Center(LCRC).In his defence, Makinta’s lawyer

focused on the issue of phone callsmade before the incidents, denyingthat his client could have done thatin such a short space of time.Makinta was found guilty when heappeared in court on Thursday, 13March and is being detained pendingsentencing by the Gauteng HighCourt in May.

Spa Park and Koppewaai holds ImbizoHowever, both departments did have

a meeting on Thursday, 13 March. Itwas reported that both COGHSTA andHDA would have addressed the com-munities of both areas but this did nottake place due to the various floodingin Limpopo.Ward Councillor Kobus van Der

Merwe said that the community is stillunsure when they will be provided withtemporary sanitation services.Van der Merwe added that the gen-

eral infrastructure and road conditionsof the area remain deplorable, and thecommunity is displeased about theslow progress made by bothCOGHSTA and the HAD.

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Jan Radebe, a Zuma View resident, pointing out the water running down astreet in Zuma View. According to residents, the area experienced no morethan the usual run-off that occurs whenever it rains. Photo: TK Mashaba

Zuma View residents deny living in a flood zone‘We can’t protest to the municipality who have failed us long ago.’

TK Mashaba

After the flooding that hit parts of theWaterberg, including Bela Bela, resi-dents of Zuma View hold the view thattheir informal settlement fared muchbetter during the crisis than other partsof the town.Jan Radede, who has been staying in

the settlement, told The BEAT that theengineers who declared the area proneto flooding need to go back to thedrawing board.“How do they proclaim areas like Zuma

View as a flooding area when all we sawduring the recent floods was the normalrun-off we experience whenever itrains?” he askedZuma view is far from flooded and was

barely touched by the heavy rainfall ofthe past several weeks. Radebe and hisfellow residents are now demandingservices from the municipality as theflooding excuse, according to them,

doesn’t hold water.“We believe that this is just an excuse

to remove the people who don’t haveanywhere to go if evacuated; this placeonly needs services and everything willbe fine,” he said.The saga of Zuma view has been

dragging on for several years, and hasbeen taken as far as the High Court inPretoria. The court decided in favour ofthe settlement’s residents and orderedthe municipality to provide them withservices.So far, however, only tap water has

been provided and residents are com-plaining about the lack of electricity andsanitation.Radebe said that the residents are now

waiting to discuss their needs withCoGHSTA officials.“We can’t protest to the municipality

who have failed us long ago,” he said.“All we need now is to meet withCoGHSTA and pave a way forward.”

Justin Steyn

Lions Club International aided victimsof the recent rain and flooding disas-ters that have struck Bela Bela. FirstVice-Governer forthe Club, DaveCousins, said thathe and the rest oftheir membersdecided to springinto action whenthey heard of thesevere damagecaused by theflood.Cousins said

they had littleinformation as tohow much dam-age had been done but brought whatthey could to assist.The twelve members set out to

various areas in Bela Bela armed withclothes, blankets and food they aimedto deliver to the needy.Their first stop was in Spa Park

where they delivered food and cloth-ing to a family of eight who had losttheir home during the heavy rainfall.The family has been living in SpaPark’s Community Hall for the pastweek and said that they had lost all oftheir belongings.

Labour’s intervention benefits overhundred job-seekers

various regions to attend their oneyear long learnership program. Sheadded that 70% of the people se-lected for this opportunity are job-seekers who have contributed to theUnemployment Insurance Fund (UIF)before, while the other 30% areordinary jobseekers in the Depart-ment’s database.Mathume further said that the

Department has prioritized the UIcontributors because the wholeprogram is spearheaded by theUnemployment Insurance Fund(UIF).UIF is the Department’s agency that

acts as an interim relief for peoplewho have lost their employmentthrough contract expiry, dismissal orretrenchment until they find anotheremployment.The Department’s head in the

province, Albert Tshidavhu, said thatthese developments are encouragingand prompt to have continued discus-sions with other potential employersto use the Department’s database fortheir future recruitment ventures.“Speedy discussions with interested

parties will enable us to ensure thatjob-seekers’ difficulty for job huntingis being eased, while the employers ‘splight for recruitment and finding bestcandidates is also lessened as well,”said Tshidavhu

Lizzy Bapela

The Limpopo Department of Laboursays that the ever increasing unem-ployment rate of young people inLimpopo will decrease radically, if theirpartnership with MICT Seta goes asplanned. The partnership will affordover 100 job seekers an opportunity tobe part of a learnership program invarious parts of the province as part ofthe departmental mandate to absorbjob-seekers in the job market.The Deputy Director for Public

Employment Services in the Depart-ment, Joyce Mathume, could not hideher delight about these developments,saying that the Department has aresponsibility to help the governmentregarding employment and this is oneavenue that they are pursuing. Shesaid they have used their reliableEmployment Services of South Africa(ESSA) system to search for 40qualified jobseekers per region andthey have handed their names toMICT Seta.The orientation section of the

learnership was to have begun onTuesday, 18 March and end onThursday the 20th. Mathume said thatMICT Seta will follow their own selec-tion processes to choose the mostsuitable 25 out of the 40 that theDepartment have provided in the

Lions provide relief to flood victims

Lions International contributed donations to many victims affected by thefloods. Photo: Justin Steyn

The club then ventured to a heavilydamaged Klein-Kariba resort wherethe 120 staff members were providedfor with food and clothing.The resort’s management said that

the latest floodingwas much moresevere than lastweek’s brokendam.Bela Bela Lions

InternationalPresident, Allisondu Plessis, con-firmed that theclub had deliv-ered the rest oftheir items to theneedy residentsof Bela Bela.

Du Plessis said that many of thetownship residents are emotionallystressed and fear more flooding.“Many of the victims affected by the

floods are very afraid that somethinglike this could happen again.Rumours of more flooding added

even more unnecessary stress to thepublic”, she said.Du Plessis added that the club would

like to make more contributions but arecurrently short staffed.Those who are interested in joining the

club can call Du Plessis on 073 211 8220

“Many of the victimsaffected by the floods

are very afraid thatsomething like thiscould happen again.

Rumours of more flood-ing added even moreunnecessary stress to

the public...

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The floodingcould be seen asfar back as thetownship. Photo:Justin Steyn

Bela Bela underwater‘Rumours of crocodiles being spotted, severaldrownings and more flooding from the town’s

dam ran rampant...’

The damaged advertisement walls after the floods. Photo: Justin Steyn

Justin Steyn

An unconfirmed burst dam wall at ThabaMonate was said to be the cause of themass flooding in Bela Bela last weekThursday.Bela Bela Police and Provincial Emer-

gency services rushed to the town’svarious exit roads. Bela Bela Police saidthat they had blocked off all areas toensure the safety of all residents.They also said that residents had been

prevented from entering certain floodedareas as they feared stray electrical wireswere exposed in the water.At around noon, electricity to the entire

town had been cut off due to allegedflooded power substations. Municipalspokesperson Matome Sebelebeleimplied in a conversation with The BEATthat the power had been turned off toprevent water damage to the infrastruc-ture. The rushing water flowed from the

Klein-Kariba resort through the townshipand industrial areas to the Waterfront.Some businesses in the industrial areamanaged to evacuate their personnel, butsome were seen stranded on rooftops asthe water rushed past.At the bridge leading to the Waterfront,

Bela Bela residents rushed to view thelake-like scene.A helicopter team from the police’s wing

unit was seen circling the area and airliftedthe stranded victims to safety. Pedestrianswho wanted to cross the heavily floodedroads were lifted by trucks, bakkies andother heavy duty vehicles.

By 19:30 that night, closed roads hadbeen re-opened to the general area.The next day (Friday) the water in the

industrial area had receded significantlyand employees were seen scooping outthe excess water which had flooded thebuildings.The electrical supply to the town re-

mained off until noon on Friday, whenpower was restored for an hour beforebeing switched off again.A second attempt to restore power to the

town was made at 15:00 but this wasshort-lived and the power remained offuntil 19:00, when the town’s power wasofficially restored.During and after the floods rumours ofcrocodiles being spotted, severaldrownings and more flooding from thetown’s dam ran rampant, all of which werereported to be mere speculation. Thisresulted in many schools closing early.On route to the Bela Bela township

massive amounts of water was still visiblein the area where many of the advertisingwalls were visibly destroyed.The Klein-Kariba resort remains closed

to the public and some reports suggestedthat many of their chalets had beendestroyed. Resort management con-firmed that they had suffered considerabledamage and said that the second floodingthey had to endure was more severe thanthe previous flooding a week before.On Sunday Bela Bela police divers

discovered the body of 69-year old ElsaSparrow. Sparrow has been missing forover a week since the first floodingincident at Klein-Kariba.

A helicopter from the SAPS air-wing unit was dispatched to assist thosestranded. Photo: Justin Steyn

Municipal spokespersonclarifies rumours

Bela Bela municipal spokespersonMatome Sebelebele clarified therumours about the damages causedby recent floods in the area. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

aged by the floods.With regards to the rumours that

Bela Bela’s roads were badly dam-aged to the extent that there is noway in or out of town, Sebelebele saidthis was untrue. He said that theroads may be bad, but they aredriveable and there is movementaround and outside the town.

Lizzy Bapela

Bela Bela municipal spokespersonMatome Sebelebele gave the munici-pality’s side of the story, with regardsto the rumours that have beenspreading. It was said during thefloods that the electricity station hadbeen blown out and had to be rebuilt,and residents feared that they wouldhave to go for days without electricity.Sebelebele confirmed, however,

that no station was blown out and theelectricity was fine and back tonormal after a day of being off.“We did have challenges on the day

of the flooding and had to turn off thesubstation, otherwise it would haveflooded and been damaged. Every-thing is back to normal now, thoughwe still have some issues whereinfrastructure was also damaged. Weare currently assessing the totaldamages such as the electricalboxes on the roads that wereflooded. We are just trying to makesure that no one is being left out ofthe network,” said Sebelebele.The municipality thanked every

member of the public, especially thebusinesses and ordinary residents,who helped other residents to passthrough the roads that were dam-

Learnerships to resume

Students attend-ing classes at theBela Bela ShowGrounds. Photo:TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

The CETA learnerships, which were puton hold after allegations of fraud madethe rounds, have been reinstated, andstudents havebeen attendingclasses at theBela-Bela ShowGrounds again.According to

sources, only fourout of every 20students havereturned, while anumber of students were found to havenot qualified for the programme.“We are back to learning, although

some of us haven’t received themonthly stipend promised us,” said the

source, and added that the studentshad needed to re-register. “Studentsfrom lower grades are now also al-lowed to be part of this learnership,”she said.

Attempts toconfirm whetherButane Mabundawould be returninghis position as co-ordinator of theprogramme failed.Mabunda and his

accomplices havebeen accused of

faking matric certificates and he isscheduled to appear at the Bela BelaMagistrate’s Court on the 25th of Marchon charges of fraud. He was releasedwithout bail pending the hearing.

“We are back to learn-ing, although some of

us haven’t received themonthly stipend prom-

ised us.

NAPWA to host election health manifestotary Lawrence Sengwane said thatthe dialogue is targeting organizationssimilar to theirs. He added that thiswill be an opportunity for thoseaffected by HIV/AIDS to listen topolitical parties debating about howthey will respond to the health chal-lenges, particularly People Living withHIV (PLH?V) who are still discrimi-nated against and stigmatized.

Lizzy Bapela

The National Association of PeopleLiving with AIDS (NAPWA) inLimpopo is expected to host anelection health manifesto for thepeople of Bela Bela. The event isexpected to take place at the localcommunity hall on Sunday, 23 March. The organization’s Provincial Secre-

Marvin J. Ashton once said, “Ifwe could look into each other’shearts and understand theunique challenges each of usfaces, I think we would treateach other much more gently,with more love, patience,tolerance and care.” TheAmerican poet Rachel Kannsaid, “I know that nobody canreally know where anyone else iscoming from so who are we tojudge them.”The Bible, of course, famously

says in Matthew 7:1-5 : “Do notjudge, or you too will bejudged. For in the same way youjudge others, you will be judged,and with the measure you use, itwill be measured to you. “Whydo you look at the speck ofsawdust in your brother’s eyeand pay no attention to theplank in your own eye? How canyou say to your brother, ‘Let metake the speck out of your eye,’when all the time there is aplank in your own eye? Youhypocrite, first take the plankout of your own eye, and thenyou will see clearly to removethe speck from your brother’seye.”It all seems pretty self-evident,

doesn’t it? Don’t judge people.It’s harder than it looks,

though. That girl’s dress is tooshort, that boy’s hair is toostrange. This one has too manyboyfriends, and that one drinkstoo much.We judge each other all the

time. It’s human nature to haveopinions, we can’t shut them offlike a tap.What do these three quotes

have in common, though,besides being anti-judgment?They all urge us to judge withkindness. Look at your fellowman and try to understand hischallenges.Try to understand where the

other person is coming from (asRachel says, you can’t really doit, but there’s nothing to stopyou from trying, is there?)Look at the other person as

though they were yourself. Applythe same rules and exceptionsto the other as you do yourself.Measure the other person by

the same yardstick you use onyourself.They probably look a bit better

now, don’t they? Nobody wantsto judge themselves too harshly,after all.So the next time you want to

criticize or judge someone else,look to yourself first. Look toyour own life, and maybe theirproblems will seem a bit lessbothersome in comparison.They aren’t your problems,

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It’s really wonderful to see how theresidents of The BEAT’s readershiparea came together in this time ofneed.From the municipal employee who

risked life and limb to save strappedstrangers, to those who camethrough from Pretoria to bringblankets and food to those whoneeded it, it was all rathermagnificent.The closest example I’ve seen of

similar behaviour recently was onTwitter when Hurricane Sandy hit NewYork, and people were offeringstrangers places to stay.These past few weeks have been

hard times for all of us, especiallythose in Lephalale and of course thepeople who worked at Klein-Kariba,but we’re out the other side now, orso they tell us.One has only to look at the pictures

of people helping each other to crossflooded streets, or hear stories ofmotorists blocking the water withtheir cars so that those in smallervehicles could pass without beingswept away, or hear about the peoplewho drove stranded townshipresidents home in trucks to know thatthe spirit of South Africa is still aliveand well.It’s not a new thing, this spirit of

helping. In 1773 a dairy farmer namedWolraad Woltemade drowned whilerescuing stranded sailors from thewreck of the De Jonge Thomas. Hewas 65 at the time. He and his horseVonk went into the sea seven timesand brought back fourteen sailorsbefore succumbing to cold andexhaustion and being dragged under.Of the 53 survivors of the shipwreck,14 were saved by Woltemade.People coming together is not

really a new thing in South Africa. It’sas much a part of our nationalheritage as anything else.So why does it take these

extremes to bring out the best inpeople?Why wait until the streets are

flooding or the ship is sinking or thehurricane hits to throw yourself intohelping? Is there some kind of logicthat dictates that we can only helpeach other when our backs are tothe wall? A rule of some kind,perhaps, that says that when we’renot in trouble we should all be ateach other’s throats?That’s just stupid.People helping people shouldn’t be

news. It shouldn’t be somethingunique or worthy of comment.People helping those who need itshould be what everyone does,because that’s what decent peopledo.We all did a lovely job of pulling

together in this time of need. Let’ssee us do the same next week.

Come togetherJudging people, andwhy we shouldn’t

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Floods in Bela-Bela and Vaalwater

Safety first: A boy helping a student to cross over the flooding water. Photo:TK Mashaba.

This man was see holding tight to a sign pole to keep from being borne awayby the waters. Photo: TK Mashaba.

The heavy current of the the flood water through to the R101 road. Photo: TKMashaba.

A tractor carrying people from town to the township during the flood evening:Photo: TK Mashaba.

The road out of Bela Bela towards Klein Kariba looked more like a river thananything else. Photo: Herman Steyn

Not the kind of full house we were hoping for: Waterfront’s Nguni Jack Res-taurant was also full of flood water. Photo: TK Mashaba

Cows are tryingto graze inVaalwater’s mainstreet. There isso much mud inthe street that itwouldn’t besurprising if grassstarted to growthere. Photo:Marlene Vermaak

A yellow rainslicker is justwhat the wholefamily needs,especially whenyour vehicledoesn’t have aroof! Photo:Marlene Vermaak

Masakhane is fed-up withBlaauwboschkuil principal

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The police were allegedly ready to use force when residents refused to dis-perse. Photo: TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

The School Governing Body andconcerned parents from theMasakhane community just outsideRadium were up in arms this pastweek, calling on Jane Motshegwa, theprincipal of the local BlaauwboschkuilPrimary School, to resign.Parents and members of the SGB

blocked the entrance of the school onWednesday, 12 March, after attemptsto solve the school’s ongoing problemsreached a dead end.Police from Modimolle were called in

to calm the situation, as the protesterswere not allowing students and educa-tors to enter the premises. MakomePhatudi from the Waterberg EducationCircuit was also called to the scene anda meeting between all parties con-cerned was held.The protesters’ posters included

allegations that Motshegwa was a thief,as well as complaints that implied thatthe community would have preferred amale in her position.The community handed a memoran-

dum to Phatudi in which they com-plained about allegedly unlawfulcheques, unexplained payments,Motshegwa’s alleged refusal to be

searched by school security, andschool property going missing. Therewere also allegations about irregulari-ties in hiring educators — mention wasmade of custodial personnel turningteacher among other things.According to SGB representatives, the

principal has not been attending meet-ings with them. They are requestingthat the circuit bring in a more co-operative principal.Residents were chanting during the

protests while students were playingwhile waiting to be allowed on thepremises. The police were eventuallyforced to break down the gates so thateducators and students could enter,although a number of parents refusedto allow their children to enter.On Thursday, 13, and Friday, 14

March, students did not attend classes.On Monday, the situation was ongoingwhile the SGB awaited notification ofanother meeting from the District.The school is currently staffed solely

by female educators, which was alsoraised as a concern by the SGB, whoare demanding male teachers bebrought in to help with ‘soccer andrelated male issues.’Principal Motshegwa could not be

reached for comment.

A furious com-munity memberaddressing thecircuit managerduring protests infront of theschool. Photo:TK Mashaba

Principal JaneMotshegwaduring the meet-ing with the SGBand the police.Photo: TKMashaba

Premier and MECS visitflooded areas in Lephalale

flooding from Wednesday, 5 March.The affected areas are the truck andbus depot along Lephalale’s MarkenRoad R518, as well as thesurrounding farming areas alongMogol and Palala Rivers. The floodingalso damaged the road betweenVaalwater and Lephalale. Smallbridges along the Beska road wereclosed for road users as they havebeen flooded. Though water in PalalaRiver is rising, no incidents have beenreported so far.Other affected areas in the

Waterberg District include theMookgopong Township, VaalwaterExtension 1 to 4, Alma (also known asMabaleng), Mogol Farming, D171Road, Beska Bridge andMogalakwena Sterk River, with somelodges and hotels under water. Onehouse collapsed in Makurunyanavillage and a woman was injured,suffering a broken leg. She was takento a local hospital. 177 families inThabo Mbeki village have beenrelocated to Witpoort Community Hall.The Jabulani Informal Settlement inThabazimbi has been severely af-fected as result of burst mining dams.

Lizzy Bapela

Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabathaand his Executive Council visited areasthat had been affected by recentflooding in the Waterberg District, inparticular Lephalale. The delegatearrived in Lephalale’s Witpoort area onthe morning of Thursday, 13 March.The recent rains across the country

affected some parts of Limpopo suchas the Waterberg and Vhembe,causing floods in many areas. Thedelegation visited areas such asSeleka, Shongoane Extension 1, 2 and3, Mamojela Park, Thabo Mbeki,Makurunyane, Witpoort and BeautyVillages, as well as the outlying villagesof greater Lephalale.Preliminary reports indicate that more

than 700 houses were affected andhundreds of people displaced. Theprovincial government has alreadystarted with relief programs in the area.According to a report by the Depart-

ment of Corporate Governance,Human Settlement and TraditionalAffairs (CoGHSTA), rivers around thevillages and farms in Lephalale werefull to capacity and the overflow lead to

Gift of the Givers hands outfood parcels to the needy

assisted in distributing the items tothe residents. The mayor of BelaBela, Freddy Hlungwane, accompa-nied the delegates, helping identifyother needy families to benefit fromthe initiative.The team also assessed the area to

see how bad the damage was. TheGift of the Givers promised to comeback on Tuesday, 18 March todistribute aid to the people.Meanwhile, the mayor had in

partnership with the Department ofSocial Development distributed foodparcels around the township onFriday, 14 March following thedisasters.

Lizzy Bapela

People from Bela Bela who werebadly affected by the recent naturaldisasters received a helping handfrom good Samaritans. Bela BelaForever Resorts thought of them inthe time of need and called in theglobal charity organization Gift of theGivers to assist with food parcels tohelp them make ends meet.The organization brought a truck full

of food parcels and blankets andvisited the Zuma View InformalSettlement on Saturday, 15 March, todistribute them. Resort managersSam Rammutla and Sarah Mmako

These goodSamaritanswere photo-graphed off-loading foodparcels andblankets fromthe Gift of theGivers’ truckat ForeverResorts.Photo: LizzyBapela

A womanbrought herbaby to re-ceive goodiesfrom goodSamaritans.Photo: LizzyBapela

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One of the key players of Total Surrender. Photo: TK Mashaba

Stream B plays theirgames despite rains

Total Surrender is training hard ahead of their game against Home Defenders.Photo: TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba

The torrential rains might have givenother teams a break and a chance to restand strategize for their coming games,but Stream B played their games onSaturday, 15 March.Mosesetjane United lost 4-1 to Yster

United while Mokopane Ratanang beatJuventus 4-0. Mokopane Stonebreakerslost 3-1 to Mookgophong All Stars whileThaba FC beat Maxoma 3-2 and Siwelelefought Black Rangers to a 1-all draw.The weekend’s features are: In Stream

A, Bazooka FC playing away againstTrouble Makers while the Modimolle AllStars play A1 Terrors.Elmar Auto are playing away to Bela

Bela Pirates while Diesel n Dust welcomeNTK Happy Boys, and Happy Heartswelcome M. Mmamoet Arsenal whileBoys to Men visit Total Surrender in Bela

Bela. Home Defenders are playingagainst Qualitho.In Stream B, Siwelele are playing Yster

United on the latter’s home field, whileThaba FC welcome Mosesetjane United.Mbu Eagles welcome Maxome whileMokopane Stone Breakers welcomeDimakatso Sundowns.Simple Yellows are playing a home

game against Moloto Morning Stars whileReal Madrid play away against Juventus.S. Black Rangers are up againstMokopane Ratanang.In Stream C, Barcelona are up against

Real Hearts while Shining Stars playing athome against Sea Robbers. SuperEagles are playing away against MogolFC, while Ocean Birds are up againstTownship Rollers.Zaba is welcoming Mountain Powers

while Bafaladi are away againstDomingos.