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TK Mashaba

The court case againstbusinessperson and allegeddrug dealer, Mr Bongani Chauke,was postponed on Friday, 17August. Chauke, who is currentlyout on bail of R1000 will be ap-pearing on 21 September in hiscase. The court will hear final ar-guments before making a deci-sion. The ANC Women’sLeague and other concerned citi-zens of Bela Bela braved thefreezing cold and made a standat a previous court appearanceof Chauke on Monday, 7 August.The women, including teachers

from various schools, protestedby singing and chanting in frontof the Magistrate’s Court build-ing. They demanded that justicebe done.According to Mrs Johanna

Maseko, a concerned residentand spokesperson for the group,they are tired of drug dealings in

The angry ANC Women’s League and residents protestingat the Bela Bela Magistrate Court. Photo: TK Mashaba

the township. “This is killing ourfuture, and we are appealing forjustice to be done in this regard,”she said. Maseko added thatthey do not need that kind of per-sonality in the township and thatthey wish that he (Chauke) couldbe kept in jail for a long time.Ms Tilly Radebe, spokesperson

of the Women’s League in theregion, said that they demand thefull force of the law to prevail. “Wecan’t take it anymore and we sayenough is enough. We can’t livewith these kinds of people in ourcommunity and we are pleadingthat he be jailed for life,” she said.“We are sick and tired of chil-

dren who go on smoking this il-legal substance and selling it. Itis Women’s Month and it is ourpriority that we make our voicesheard,” she added.Chauke has appeared on pre-

vious occasions in the Bela BelaMagistrate Court on charges re-lating to drug matters.

The DA has written to MrDickson Masemola, the MECfor Education in Limpopo, de-manding that he must urgentlyaddress the chronic problemsat the school attended by thethree Limpopo learners whowere stoned to death after aneducation protest march lastweek.The DA’s enquiries about

Dikobo Primary School, in thevicinity of Mookgophong, haverevealed that the school is fac-ing an acute shortage of teach-ers to the extent that theselearners did not receive tuitionin three subjects since Januarythis year.The schools’ problems were

Ama Ten Ten, as illegal music sell-ers are known in Thohoyandou, arenot only stealing the livelihood of art-ists, they have become very violenttoward anybody who wants to stopthem from running their illegal op-erations.Those on the receiving end in-

cludes artists who have been at-tacked and injured while trying toconfiscate their music, which is be-ing copied and sold at below costprices.Not long ago, famous former disco

star-turned-gospel music singer,Sendelani Dagada, of the famousChrist Worship House, was as-saulted while trying to stop illegalsellers from selling the famous gos-pel ensemble’s music on street cor-ners.This week another famous

Tshivenda music artist, PhillipNephawe, or Mutendas as he isknown in music circles, became avictim when the Ama Ten Ten at-tacked him in broad daylight in a

Murdered Dikobo Primary School learnersfailed by Education Department

compounded this year by the factthat five teachers were movedfrom Dikobo Primary, already witha vacancy of five teachers from2011, to fill the gap in a new schoolin the area, Mookgophong PrimarySchool.According to a statement by Ms

Desiree van der Walt, the DALimpopo education spokesperson,this effectively meant that ratherthan advertising new posts for thenew school, the provincial depart-ment of education put the learn-ers in Dikobo at a considerabledisadvantage.The three victims spent the last

hours before their brutal murderprotesting for their right to a basiceducation. The least the education

department can do is to fix theproblems at this school imme-diately, said Van der Walt.“Learners should be in class

during learning times and not beprotesting about what is essen-tially their basic right. If learn-ers are not in class, they areexposed to all sorts of badthings as has happened in thiscase. This is yet another inci-dent where learners in Limpopoare being failed by our educa-tion system,” she said.On Wednesday, August 22, the

DA visited Montadi Youth CareCentre where the murderedlearners were housed to monitor,first hand, the extent of the prob-lems faced by these learners.

Mutendas injured in Ama Ten Ten attack

Mutendas shows some of theCDs he confiscated from the il-legal sellers. Photo: LiN News/Limpopo Mirror

Thohoyandou shopping complex.Nephawe (40), of Muraga village,

said that he came across a man inThohoyandou, who had a copy of hisCD. The man pointed to a personwho was selling CDs not far fromwhere they were standing. “I con-fronted the man and wanted to seethe CDs when he became violentand started to hit me with his fist.Another man joined in and they beatme, using iron bars, while bystand-ers watched without helping me,”said Nephawe.He said after the assault he went

to the police, where he reported thematter. The police took him to thehospital, where he was admitted andstayed overnight.“I am very angry. A person is selling

my music illegally and the next mo-ment he is attacking me for what isrightfully mine. We are not safe asartists. We starve because of thesepirates and they make a killing out ofour music,” said Nephawe.He said he had spent a lot of time

and money to complete the record-ing, but he has nothing to show forhis sweat. He is worried that whenthese people are arrested, they areordered to pay a paltry fine of R100,which is nothing compared to thethousands they make by selling thepirated music. “The courts should beharsh on them. They must imposesentences without fines. Maybe it willdeter them from continuing their ille-gal trade,” added Nephawe.He said the police were partly to

blame for the rampant piracy becausethey see the music displayed onstreets corners but do nothing aboutit. “The police should help us beforeit is too late, because we will be forcedto take the law into our own hands.We do not want to see any piratedmusic here in our town.”Businessperson, record company

owner and artist manager, JohnnyKhubana, of JTK Entertainment, re-acted angrily to the incident. “We workvery hard to make music that will sat-isfy our people, but people just usetheir computers to copy our musicand sell it without our permission.How do people expect us to makean honest living?” said Khubana.Thohoyandou police spokesperson,

Major Mashudu Malelo, confirmedthe incident and urged artists not toconfront the pirates but rather to no-tify the police, for their own safety.He also urged communities to work

with the police in exposing the crimi-nals. The police have opened an as-sault charge, he added. - LiN News/Limpopo Mirror

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The African National Congress YouthLeague (ANCYL) in Limpopo issued astatement to inform the people, the me-dia and all interested groups that theirplanned march is postponed.Participants were due to march to the

offices of the Limpopo premier, Mr CasselMathale, and the provincial Departmentof Education. The march was scheduledfor Tuesday, 21 August.Provincial spokesperson for the league

in Limpopo, Mr Klaas Mabunda, said thatthe march was postponed after lengthydiscussions with the ANC provincial ex-ecutive committee (PEC) in Limpopo. Hesaid possible solutions to the issues thatwere to be raised during the march werebrought forward.“We urge our masses to attend the na-

tional march convened by the nationalexecutive committee (NEC) of the ANCYLto the Minister of Basic Education‘s of-fice in Pretoria. All means of transport,which was meant for the ANCYL LimpopoRight to Education March, will be reroutedto the national march.Our deepest apologies for the inconven-

iences as caused by the postponement,”

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Public Protector, Advocate ThuliMadonsela, called on the residents ofLimpopo to join hands with her office inorder to end maladministration and en-sure that the government delivers on itspromised to the people.Madonsela was speaking during her of-

Public protector calls for end to maladministration

Public ProtectorAdvocate ThuliMadonsela warnsagainstmaladministrationat public servicecentres. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

fice’s stakeholder consultative dialogueand public hearing in Polokwane on Tues-day, 14 August.At the meeting, Madonsela was asked

to investigate the Limpopo provincial De-partment of Cooperative Governance,Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs(CoGHSTA) for alleged corrupt activitiesin the awarding of tenders for RDP

projects across the province.Executive manager for Outreach, Edu-

cation and Communications from thePublic Protector South Africa, MrMomelezi Kula, said the hearings formpart of the systemic investigation thatMadonsela is currently conducting afterreceiving a flood of complaints about RDPhouses in the country.He said that in the past year, the Public

Protector received 300 complaints relatedto housing in the province, mainly fromThabazimbi.On the issue of alleged regulatory caps

in the illegal conversion of panel vans intotaxis, Madonsela learnt about a man whohad bought a converted taxi from a cardealership. He told the Public Protectorthat he had all relevant documents but theDepartment of Transport has refused torenew his licence, citing non-complianceof the car.Madonsela expressed her impression on

the progress some of the MEC’s madeon addressing matters raised during lastyear’s event. “We are encouraged by the

fact action is being taken to remedy thesituation,” she said. The Public Protectorpromised that her office would meet withthe municipalities and departments toaddress concerns raised with immediateeffect.The Public Protector concluded her visit

in the province with an outreach event inThabazimbi on Wednesday, 15 August.Top of the list of the issues raised were

the illegal issuing and occupation of RDPhouses and stands, which the residentsalleged some municipal officials sell themand foreigners are taking their place ofresidence.Revealing scandals by some of the man-

agement of the local municipality, someinformed members of the communitybrought documents to the public protec-tor with proof of those leaders who mis-use the municipality’s money and do notconduct themselves accordingly.In response, Ms Madonsela promised to

investigate each an every allegation lev-elled against the leaders and give thecomplainants feed back on the findings.

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Stakeholders of the Department of Agri-culture had a meeting to plan for theupcoming Arbour Day event scheduled tobe hosted at Ulando Combined Schoolon 20 September.The school is situated on the R101 op-

posite Klein Kariba Holiday Resorts butfalls under the Modimolle educational cir-cuit. The meeting was held Ulando onFriday, 17 August.Participants comprised of representa-

African National Congress Youth League postpones public marchsaid Mr Mabunda.Mabunda said that the mass protest was

inspired by the continuous non-compli-ance by the department on the High Courtruling with regard to the distribution of text-books in the affected schools. He said thattheir shredding and dumping of textbooks,slow response to the implementation ofthe catch-up plan, non-delivery of schoolnutrition due to non-payments of contrac-tors, lack of adequate teachers at schoolsare the difficulties that they want to ad-dress.The league had deemed the protest fit,

saying educational issues in the provinceseem to have been ignored and little in-terest is invested in an attempt to resolvesituations.Chairperson of the parallel structure of

the league in Limpopo, Mr Boy Mamabolo,told the media that they are going to waitfor their counterparts to set a new datefor the march.Meanwhile, when members and leader-

ship of the ANC Youth League inWaterberg went and showed their supportfor the expelled president of the leagueMr Julius Malema, the members alsoembarked in a peaceful marched to ex-press their concerns about the education

situation in the province.This march was conducted ahead of

Malema’s first public address in the dis-trict since his expulsion and took place atMahwelereng Community Hall inMokopane on Wednesday, 8 August.

During his address, Malema also talkedabout the state of education, health andoperation of government departments inthe province, following the placement ofsome of the departments under adminis-tration.

Stakeholders plan Arbour Day

Mr Lambertd Moloto of the Departmentof Agriculture in Waterberg addressedstakeholders at the plenary meeting forArbour Day. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

tives from the Departments of Agriculture,Education, Water Affairs and Forestry,Government Communication and Infor-mation Systems, Eskom and local pas-tors. Members of the School Agriculturalcommittee also formed part of the meet-ing.The department’s extension officer, Mr

Lambertd Moloto, said that the event hasmuch to do with the fruit, vegetable seed-lings and planting of indigenous trees aspart of the food security program that isbeing facilitated at various schools.He said that it is a boost to the national

schools nutrition program (NSP), alsoknown as the feeding scheme.Schools participating in the campaign

are being motivated and persuaded to es-tablish vegetable gardens or any other ag-ricultural related projects in theirschoolyards, such as greening projects.Moloto said that, on the day of the ac-

tual event, invited patrons would be ren-dering their services respectively and ex-hibiting pamphlets with relevant informa-tion on the subject.He added that the event aims to promote

greening. This means schools are en-couraged to have gardens and plant treeswhile also conserving natural resourcessuch as water, soil and air.


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The Department of Correctional Serv-ices (DCS) in the L impopo-Mpumalanga area conducted a specialmonitoring event for parolees and pro-bationers at Skilpadfontein, 75km out-side Bela Bela on Thursday, 9 August.The activities were conducted with the

aim to monitor the parolees and pro-bationers and make sure that they arecomplying with the rules set for themas conditions of their release.The department’s officials, manage-

ment and other stakeholders in thearea paid the parolees and probation-ers surprise visits, with the focus oncorrectional matters, between 19:00and 22:00.After a short briefing by the head of

the Bela Bela satellite office, Mr FaniPholosi, participants were divided intotwo groups consisting of four and fivemembers.The first group started paying home

visits to offenders from point A to Z andat the same time, the second groupstarted their home visits from point Z,working their way to point A.“Each offender would be visited by the

first group and thought that it was overfor the day only to be surprised by thesecond group at a later stage. The pur-pose of the operation was to monitor

Lizzy Bapela

Thabazimbi Local Municipality, in part-nership with the Thabazimbi Commu-nity Development Trust, will be host-ing a Women’s Prayer Day in the area.Thabazimbi mayor, Ms Patr ic ia

Mosito, will lead the multi-faith prayerwith the trust that is to be held at theRegorogile Multi-purpose Centre onSunday, 26 August.Municipal spokesperson, Mr Joshua

Motsomane, said that the objectives ofthe prayer include promoting toleranceand acceptance between and among

Lizzy Bapela

The Department of Correctional Services(DCS), under the Limpopo-Polokwane

Community Corrections Forum tough at work

Polokwane area Social Re-Integrationhead Ms Maria Kgapane endorsed thespecial monitoring operation inModimolle with her presence. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Management Area, and in partnershipwith Community Corrections Forum,rolled out its programme of action inModimolle on the afternoon of Thursday,2 August, following a series of activitiesin the area.The department’s area commissioner,

Mr Kenny Mthombeni, Polokwane areaSocial Re-Integration head, Ms MariaKgapane, and the Modimolle Social Re-Integration office led the team in conduct-ing their own special monitoring of sur-prise visits to parolees and probationers.The operation was conducted at

Phagameng, Phomolong, Marapong,Mandela Village, Extension 10 and old lo-cation in Modimolle.Acting satellite office head in Modimolle,

Mr Elias Lehutso, said that the operationis conducted quarterly to check if parol-ees and probationers comply with condi-tions and supervision measures. Themonitoring lasted for about three hoursand 40 parolees and probationers were

visited, which 17 of them are classifiedas high risks and 23 are classified as me-dium risks.“Parolees are being monitored accord-

ing to their risks namely: low, medium andhigh and these risks are determinedthrough their behaviour and crimes com-mitted. Professionals and the depart-ment’s officials conduct programmes todetermine compliance with conditions andthe needs of those offenders are identi-fied and addressed,” said Lehutso.DCS officials from Mookgophong and

Modimolle Emergency Support Team(EST) also participated in the operation.Lehutso said that the aim of social re-in-tegration is to ensure that offenders arecorrectly integrated into and accepted bythe community. He explained that correc-tion is a societal responsibility that needsall stakeholders to participate in crimeprevention campaigns.“These will help in reducing crime. Other

programmes that need community’s par-

ticipation include Implementation andMarketing Victim Charter, RestorativeJustice and Halfway House.The DCS as one of the justice cluster

panel members, makes sure that policiesof government are carried with responsi-bly and accountability to ensure that allpeople live in peace and harmony and doaway with crime,” said Lehutso.Vaalwater, Lephalale, Mookgophong

and Witpoort also fall under ModimolleSocial Re-Integration. “It is evident that ifwe join hands as communities in address-ing the concept of crime, we will then beable to do away with this thorn calledcrime.”“We serve with pride and make sure that

all departmental objectives are correctlyimplemented and achieved. We really ap-preciate the support that we get from oursuperiors in making our work simpler andsmart, meaning specific, measurable,achievable, and realistic and time frame,”Lehutso concluded.

Correctional Services monitor offendersOfficials andmanagement ofthe Departmentof CorrectionalServices in theLimpopo-Mpumalangaarea conducted aspecial monitor-ing operation inSkilpadfonteintogether withstakeholders.Photo: LizzyBapela

that offenders comply by the conditionsof house arrest, restriction towardsmagisterial district, refraining from theuse and or abuse of alcohol,” saidPholosi.The groups conducted 32 home vis-

its, each in different sections of thearea, monitoring 32 offenders. Fifteenvisits were registered as non-compli-ance. This came out because of offend-ers who left their residence after beingvisited by the first group thinking that itwas over. These violators were dealtwith in accordance with the law.Pholosi gave assurance that his de-

partment is dedicated to do whateverit takes to ensure that parolees andprobationers within the communitycomply with the conditions of their pa-role and that the department will leaveno stone unturned in this regard to en-sure that all people in South Africa aresafe.He made an appeal to the community

to report any non-compliance of thecommunity based sentence conditionsto his office on (014) 736 5887 or(012) 724 3784. He can also bereached on 076 792 7951.The department encouraged the com-

munity to develop interest in correc-tional matters and join hands with theDCS in its responsibility to ensuresafety within the community.

Thabazimbi to host Women’s Prayer Daydifferent religious and cultural groups.Mosito cited that the prayer day will

ensure that issues of violence againstwomen and children are not only raisedduring the 16 Days of No Violenceagainst Women and Children cam-paign but that the f ight is carriedthrough, mainstreamed and sustainedthroughout the year.The mayor said that the day will ac-

knowledge and provide space forwomen to pray in their various ways inaccordance to their faiths. All womenare invited to attend regardless of reli-gion.

Fun Run for Women’s Day

Participants and organisers of the Vaalwater Women’s marathon extendedtheir words of gratitude towards their donors for the successful event andcongratulated the winners. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

made by the organisers and the donors.She said that the local business commu-nity donated money for them to buy foodfor the participants and spectators. Ac-cording to Ramoshaba, Mr Coena Smithwas the main donor.The local Pep-Store donated wall clocks

for the winners and GCIS donated anddistributed water bottles to everyone whoattended.The marathon was divided into three cat-

egories, 18 to 25, 26 to 35 and 36 to 40.Ms Ephenia Seabi took first position in theage 36 to 40 categories, while MsFrancina Kgomo won in the age 26 to 35category. Ms Tebogo Maifala took thesecond position in the age 18 to 26 cat-egories and Ms Lydia Sewadi became theoverall winner in her and all the catego-ries.All the participants and organisers ex-

tended their gratitude to their donors forthe event and congratulated the winners.

Lizzy Bapela

Officials from various government de-partments in Vaalwater came togetherand organised a women’s marathon inorder to celebrate and commemorate thenational Women’s Day.The marathon took place at Leseding

Community Hall, in Vaalwater, on Friday,10 August. Organising and participatingwere women from the local multi-pur-pose community service centre, consist-ing of departments such as GovernmentCommunication and Information Sys-tems (GCIS), Modimolle Local Munici-pality’s Vaalwater office, the Departmentof Social Development, the Departmentof Health and members of the commu-nity.Ms Maria Ramoshaba, from the GCIS,

said that the team asked for donationsfrom various companies and their eventwas a success because of the efforts

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The MEC for the Department of PublicWorks in Limpopo, Ms Thabitha Mohlala,hosted the launch of the first Expanded Pub-lic Works (EPWP) District Forum at theWaterberg District Municipality.The launch was held at the Mogalakwena

Local Municipality on Tuesday, 14 August.Addressing Mayors in the Waterberg Dis-trict, Mohlala encouraged them to providethe necessary political oversight to ensurecorrect planning and ultimately correct re-porting on work opportunities createdthrough EPWP projects.Mohlala also encouraged municipalities to

spend their incentive grants accordingly sothat they can get more grants from the na-tional Department of Public Works, as op-posed to the grants being sent back due tounder-utilisation. She encouraged munici-palities to approach different government de-

MEC launches EPWP District Forumpartments with EPWP initiatives to maxim-ise on job creation.The MEC said that Limpopo was the sec-

ond province in the country to sign EPWPProtocols. The Protocols were signed byMohlala, MEC for Cooperative Governance,Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs(CoGHSTA), Mr Clifford Motsepe, and Min-ister of Public Works, Mr Thulas Nxcesi.Mohlala acknowledged that municipalities

are still facing challenges in terms of report-ing on work opportunities created, and em-phasised that the EPWP district forumswhich will be launched in all the districts, willaddress this issue. The forum, which comprises of local may-

ors, Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), munici-pal managers and managers of technicalservices and Local Economic Development(LED), is led by the executive mayor, whichin the Waterberg District would be MsTlotlanang Mogotlane.

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Every day South African citizens areconfronted by mindless violence. Nota single day goes by where we donot read in the newspapers aboutpeople who were murdered ormaimed for the most senseless rea-sons.This week two shocking violent in-

cidents shook the whole country toits core. In the first incident, strikingmineworkers in the Northwestclashed with police and it led to amassacre. Without pointing fingers,the fact remains that lives were lostin a violent clash that did not serveany purpose except that breadwin-ners are now dead.In the second incident, the residents

of the Waterberg district cried out inunison against the violent murder ofthree very young children inMookgophong. They were tied upand stoned to death. Once again, aviolent crime that just does not makeany sense to us. Why would anybodyto such an evil deed to a child that isunable to defend himself?As a society and a community, we

cry out against these incidents of vio-lence, because they are so extremeand so shocking. However, we tendto turn a blind eye when it comes toother types of violence.When a husband beats his wife and

neighbours hear her screams, theysimply turn a deaf ear and say that itis a domestic dispute and not to getinvolved.When prime time television show live

images of how soldiers of one countryattack another country and innocentlives are lost right before our eyes, weswitch to another channel and say thatis the price that we have to pay for free-dom.As a community, a society and even

a world population, we have becomedesensitised to violence. Desensitisa-tion means that we are not sensitive toviolence anymore, because we see itso much that it does not shock usanymore.There is something very wrong with

any society that is immune to the shockvalue of violence. Violence in any formshould never be acceptable to any hu-man being. No person should be ableto watch another suffer and simply turnaway because we believe it is not ourplace to intervene or to protest.Famous freedom fighter Mahatma

Gandhi said: “I object to violence be-cause when it appears to do good, thegood is only temporary; the evil it doesis permanent.”Violence never the solution to any

problem and it is time that we wake upfrom this nightmare where we are pow-erless against violence and start toshout out against the evil that we seearound us.

Mindless violenceWhom can we cry to? Bishop Silas Tlou

Exodus 3:7 – “The Lord said, “Ihave indeed seen the misery of mypeople in Egypt. I have heard themcrying out because of their slavedrivers, and I am concerned abouttheir sufferings.”Social cohesion is a problem in

this country. It is created by the im-balances and inequality.Poverty that continues to deepen

as the rise of petrol and oil inflatesprices.What is wrong with this nation?

The textbook issues and misman-agement of funds on all levels ofgovernment leaves us with the im-pression that the people in chargejust do not care. It makes us won-der who will fight for us when ourvoices are not heard and our pro-tests ignored.Philippians 4:6, 7 – “Do not be

anxious about anything, but in eve-rything, by prayer and petition, withthanksgiving, present your re-quests to God. 7 And the peace ofGod, which transcends all under-standing, will guard your heartsand your minds in Christ Jesus.”God hears us, just as He heard

the cries of the Israelites when theywere in slavery. We are God’s chil-dren. No father will listen to his chil-dren crying without doing some-thing about the matter.Luke 11:11-13 – “Which of you fa-

thers, if your son asks for a fish,will give him a snake instead? Or ifhe asks for an egg, will give him ascorpion? If you then, though youare evil, know how to give goodgifts to your children, how muchmore will your Father in heavengive the Holy Spirit to those whoask him!”The Marikana episode, where

mineworkers turned to violence toget their point across, representsthe pain of the working class. Cor-ruption and greed make it almostimpossible to get ahead when youdo not know the right people. Thissituation can be very dishearten-ing. Good people suffer while thewicked seem to get away with mur-der.Psalms 37:1-5 – “Do not fret be-

cause of evil men or be envious ofthose who do wrong; for like thegrass they will soon wither, likegreen plants they will soon dieaway. Trust in the Lord and dogood; dwell in the land and enjoysafe pasture. Delight yourself in theLord and he will give you the de-sires of your heart. Commit yourway to the Lord; trust in him andhe will do this.”Psalms 25:3 – “No one whose

hope is in God will ever be put toshame, but they will be put toshame who are treacherous with-out excuse.”God is still the supreme ruler of

this world. Do not worry about thecorrupt and the greedy, because,if we put our faith in God and con-tinue to do good deeds, He will notput our faith to shame.

Lehabe Primary School learners and educators from Ngobi, outside Bela Bela, areseen here at Forever Resorts Warmbaths entrance during their school tour toBela Bela town: Photo: Supplied


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SALE IN EXECUTIONIN THE NORTH GAUTENGHIGH COURT - PRETORIA(REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AF-RICA) Case no.: 70589/11In the matter between:ABSA BANK LIMITED(REG NO: 1986/004794/06)PlaintiffandFAIRFIELD PLACE 70(PTY) LTD (REG NO: 2005/028542/07) First DefendantJOHANNES THEODORUSPOTGIETER(ID NO: 521013 5119 089)Second DefendantJOHN HENRY KORTEN(ID NO: 680809 5121 083)Third DefendantLOUIS PIERRE FOURIE(ID NO:690327 5052 081)Fourt DefendantA sale in execution of the un-dermentioned property is to beheld by the Sheriff of HighCourt Sheriff Ellisras at TheMagistrate’s Court Bela-Belaon Friday 7th of September2012 at 10h00Full conditions of sale can beinspected at the offices of theSheriff’s of the High CourtEllisras at Metro Building,Room M1, Kotie street,Ellisras who can be contactedGH Erasmus at 014 763 3732and will be read out prior tothe sale taking place.Proprety:Portion 35 (A Portion of Por-tion 10) of the Farm Rietgat563Registration Division K.Q,Limpopo ProvinceMeasuring: 1,2296 (Hectares)Held by First Defendant underDeed of Transfer T92481/06Also known as Portion 35 (APortion of Portion 10) of theFarm Rietgat 563, LimpopoProvince, being the Defend-ants/s chosen DomiciliumCitandi ExecutandiImprovements: (nothing isguaranteed and/or warranty isgiven in respect thereof)(“voetstoots”) Zoned: Resi-dential - Vacant StandNASIMA KHAN ATTOR-NEYSATTORNEYS FOR PLAIN-TIFFP.O. Box 11961, PretoriaRef. E REDDY/ajvvv/AF0200Tel No. 012 343 5958

NOTICE TO CREDITORSIN DECEASED ESTATESAll persons having claimsagainst the undermentioned es-tate must lodge it with the Ex-ecutor concerned within 30days (or as indicated) fromdate of publication hereof.Estate No: 10304/2012Master’s Office: JOHANNES-BURGSurname: DE VILLIERSChristian names: ABRAHAMCORNELIUSDate of birth: 15 August 1944Identity No: 440815 5037 089Last address: 9 Kiaatsingle,Bosveldsig, Fase 8, NylstroomDate of death: 17 March 2012Only applicable if deceasedwas married in community ofproperty/subject to the accrualsystem.Christian names and surnameof surviving spouse: GLENDAJONITA DE VILLIERSDate of birth: 17 October 1947Identity No. 471017 0059 083Name and (only one) addressof Executor or authorised agentGJ DE VILLIERS, C/oMARINUS VANJAARSVELD ATTORNEYS,P.O. Box 1444, Bromhof,2154, Tel: 011 886 5624Period allowed for lodgementof claims, if other than 30 daysADVERTISER AND AD-DRESSMARINUS VANJAARSVELD ATTORNEYSP.O. Box 1444, Bromhof,2154, Tel no. 011 886 5624

NOTICE TO CREDITORSIN DECEASED ESTATESAll persons having claimsagainst the undermentioned es-tate must lodge it with the Ex-ecutor concerned within 30days (or as indicated) fromdate of publication hereof.Estate No: 8035/2010Surname: THLOAELNFirst names: SETENKOLAJACKDate of birth: 14.07.1958Identity No: 5807145388081Last address: House no. 210,Selamolela street, Radium,0483Date of death: 03.05.2010Only applicable if deceasedwaas married in community of

property/subject to the accrualsystem:First names and surname ofsurviving spouse:DLMAKATSO ANNAHTHLOAELADate of birth: 07.11.1959Identity No: 591107 0737 088Name (only one) and addressof Executor or authorisedagent c/o MOLOTO ATTOR-NEYS, P.O. Box 1173, BelaBela, 0480Period allowed for lodgementof claims, if other than 30 days30 daysADVERTISER AND AD-DRESSC/O MOLOTO ATTOR-NEYSSuite F21, Circle centre Build-ing, cnr Rooiberg &Oosthuizen streets, Bela Bela,Tel No. 014 736 4387

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TIONIn terms of section 35 (5) ofAct 66 of 1965 notice is herebygiven that copies of the liqui-dation and distribution ac-counts (first and final, unlessotherwise stated) in the estatesspecified below will be openfor the inspection of all personswith an interest therein for aperiod of 21 days (or shorteror longer if specially stated)from the date specified or fromthe date of publication hereof,whichever may be the later,and at the offices of the Mas-ters and Magistrates as stated.Should no objection thereto belodge with the Masters con-cerned during the specified pe-riod, the executors will pro-ceed to make payments in ac-cordance with the accounts.Registered number of estate

851/2012Surname MOJELAChristian namesMADUMETJA SAMIdentity number 551011 5726088Complete only if deceased wasmarried in community of prop-erty.Christian names and surnameof surviving spouse:SIBONGILE SUZANMASWANGANYEIdentiy number: 761006 0727087Description of account otherthan First and Final: First andFinal LiquidationPeriod of inspection other than21 days 40 daysMaster’s Office PretoriaADVERTISER, AND AD-DRESSC/O MOLOTO ATTOR-NEYSP.O. Box 1173, Bela Bela,0480, Tel 014 736 4387

Legal Notice:

ATTENTION:Spaza and Tuck

Shops and Taverns.Please note that from Monday,

August 20, 2012, The Post and TheBeat will only accept legal notices

for applications to local municipali-ties to operate spaza and tuck shopsas well as taverns on Thursdays and

Fridays (for the following week'snewspaper) at their respective of-fices in Modimolle and Bela-Bela.Unfortunately NO legal notices in

this regard can be accepted onMondays, Tuesdays and

Wednesdays.Thank you for your understanding.

Members of the Community Corrections Forum and the Department of Correc-tional Services in Bela Bela are determined to continue charity work and do wellto uplift the local community. The members have collaborated with ex-offendersin their cleaning campaign at Bela Bela High School that they have conductedrecently. Head of the satellite office in Bela Bela, Mr Fani Pholosi, said that theywould wrap up the campaign shortly. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The BEAT re-cently welcomednot one, but twojournalists in themaking when ourace reporters,MzamaneRingane and TKMashaba becamefathers. TshimoloTokollo JnrMashaba (above)was born on 31July and JohnRingane junior(below) was bornon 16 June.

These are a few of the Bela Bela mothers who took part in the Women’s Dayfun-walk. The walk started at the Civic Centre in Leseding and ended at theLutheran Church. The aim of the walk was to commemorate the brave womenwho walked to the Union Buildings in 1956 in protest against the pass laws.Photo: TK Mashaba

Clean audit for Agriculture

Auditor General Mr TerrenceNombembe acknowledged theLimpopo Department of Agriculturefor their clean audit report. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

He said that, because of that, the de-partment’s financial performance andcash flows for the year then ended inaccordance with the Departmental Fi-nancial Reporting Framework (DFRN)prescribed by the National Treasuryand the requirements of the Perform-ance Financial Management Act(PFMA) and the Department of Regu-latory Agencies (DoRA).“There were no material findings on

the annual performance report con-cerning the usefulness and reliability ofthe information,” Nombembe said.The department’s provincial spokes-

person, Mr Kenny Mathivha, said thatthis is in regard with the annual per-formance report with regard to selectedprogrammes’ validity, accuracy andcompleteness.“On the overall the LDA continues on

an uphill as a department that per-formed beyond expectation in the prov-ince. For a third consecutive year theLDA’s financial health has been foundto be clean and of sound mind. The de-partment used the taxpayers’ moneyfairly and utilized resources within theprescribed laws,” said Mathivha.Mathivha remarked that the LDA is the

2011 Professional Management Re-view (PMR) Diamond and Gold Awardswinner for providing excellent publicservice delivery.

Lizzy Bapela

For the three consecutive years, theLimpopo Department of Agriculture(LDA) have received an unqualifiedaudit report.Auditor General (AG), Mr Terrence

Nombembe, confirmed this in his au-dit report released by the provincial leg-islature recently.In his opinion of the department, the

AG said that the financial statementspresent fairly, in all respects, the finan-cial position of the LDA as at March2012.


Thandekile Sibanyoni

Settlers High School, outside Bela Bela,hosted their annual beauty pageant on theevening of Saturday, 18 August.Nine beautiful women entered the com-

petition in the hopes of being crownedMiss Settlers 2012. The top six finalistswere Esmé Sekwele, Jessica Mahlangu,Lesego Popela, Mpho Molekwa, PhutiLamola and Lerato Ralekgogo.Lesego Popela charmed the judges with

her bubbly personality and confidence andwon the Miss Personality title.At the end of a delightful evening, filled

with beauty and entertainment, EsméSekwele walked away with the covetedtitle of Miss Settlers 2012. The first prin-cess was Mpho Molekwa and the sec-ond princess Phuti Lamola.Miss Settlers won a watch set, a neck-

lace and earrings. The first and secondprincesses both won charm bracelets

TK Mashaba

Bela Bela High School provided a dramatictwist to the Metropolitan Schools Games thatwas played on the Bela Bela High Schoolgrounds on Monday, 20 August.The three legged soccer tournament was

played between Maope High School,Raeleng Secondary School and Bela BelaHigh School.Maope beat Bela Bela High in their first

match of the day when they triumphed 2-1over the hosts of the games. In the nextgame, however, Bela Bela High made a stun-ning comeback when they beat the disor-ganised Raeleng 2-1. This win put them backin the final.The final between Maope and Bela Bela

High had all the spectators on the edge oftheir seats. Bela Bela pulled themselves to-gether and were leading with two goals be-fore half time. Maope scored one goal, butit was not enough to stop the relentless at-

High school soccer excites

Bela Bela High school against Maope during the match on Monday at Bela BelaHigh School sports ground. Photo: TK Mashaba

tack of the home side when Bela Bela Highscored another goal. This brought the finalscore to 3-1 in favour of Bela Bela HighSchool. This means that Bela Bela High hadmade it through to the cluster round that willalso take place in Bela Bela. Bela Bela Highwas expected to match forces againstModimolle and Vaalwater either at the SunfaStadium or at the Bela Bela High Schoolsports grounds. The cluster tournament wasscheduled for Wednesday, 22 August.According to Mr Phanas Seema, the

schools that played in local legs will be meet-ing for cluster tournaments and the winnerswill be going on to meet with other schoolsfrom other districts.“This is the Metropolitan Schools Under 16

soccer tournament. It is run every year whereschools meet at local level, cluster level, dis-trict level and at the provincial level,” he said.Seema said that they were expecting an

exciting game on Wednesday. “Let the bestschool win,” he said.


The Bosele Dawn Drop-in Centre, inthe Bela Bela Township, is asking forfood parcels and donations from localbusiness owners.The reason for this request is that they

no longer receive enough funding fromthe Department of Social Developmentto fulfil in all the centre’s needs.The department asked the centre to

provide proof of the number of childrenin the centre.Without being consulted, they are only

receiving funding for a hundred chil-dren, which is half of the amount theypreviously received.There are more than hundred children

in the centre, which leaves them withfood shortages.Bosele Dawn Drop-in Centre man-

Miss Settlers crownedwhile Miss Personality walked away witha lovely rose bracelet.The winners of the pageant will repre-

sent the school at school and sportsevents. They are also tasked to mentoryounger girls in the lower grades of theschool. According to the judges, the win-ners represent what the school sees anddefines as what a true Settlers girl shouldbe.There was no lack of support for the par-

ticipants of the pageant. The school hallwas filled with learners, teachers and par-ents. Several dance groups from theschool and a few singers entertained theaudience during the run of the evening.The BEAT was also honoured to have

one of our senior reporters, Lizzy Bapela,as a judge of the pageant. Lizzy said thatthe contestants showed great talent andtheir personality and intelligence was veryimpressive. “The overall event was won-derfully organised,” she added.

Drop in centre needs helpager, Ms Reginah Masalefa, said thatthey would appreciate any kind of helpfrom business owners. “We would ap-preciate if business owners can lend ahand because the centre really needsfood to feed the children,” she said.“The centre is also facing the chal-

lenge of being overcrowded becausethe number of vulnerable children isgrowing.We do not have enough facilities for

the children to play. The centre alsoneeds a bigger place to accommodateall the kids because now we are rent-ing this place for R3000 per year. Itwould be nice if we had our own placeto reduce the expenses,” Masalefa ex-plained.Anyone who is willing to help the cen-

tre in any way can contact the centreon (014) 737 7335 or 073 431 4055

Women’s Day treat at Maope

TK Mashaba

Limpopo has brought forth another greattalent. After a very successful turn as aDJ, Groove Candi dropped her first sin-gle in a joint venture with KarangaRecords.

Female Grade9 learners weretreated tosome beautyproducts andbracelets bythe Light ofAfrica organi-sation atMaope HighSchool. Photo:Supplied

to treat these women as a special wayof celebrating Women’s Day.“We specifically chose female learn-

ers to celebrate all women, becausethis is their month. We gave the malelearners a cake that they could sharewith their female counterparts. We didthis to commemorate Women’s Dayand to celebrate and honour all womenand female children,” he said.Light of Africa also attended the offi-

cial Limpopo Women’s Day event thatwas held at the Ephraim Mogale Sta-dium in Modimolle on Thursday, 9 Au-gust.


Light of Africa, a non-governmental or-ganisation, treated the female Grade9 learners as well as three teachers ofMaope High School to gifts onWednesday, 8 August.The gifts were a part of the Women’s

Day commemorations of Light of Africaand included Women’s Day braceletsand several rooibos based beautyproducts like hand wash, day creams,night creams hand- and body lotion.Mr Josias Ramalekana, coordinator

of Light of Africa, said that they decided

DJ Groove Candi drops a hit single

DJ Groove Candi whose song “I de-cided” is doing the rounds on nationalradio stations. Photo: Supplied

Composed by herself and two other art-ists from Namibia, the sounds used inthe song are as diverse as the elementsin the song, but balanced by joy.According to home-grown Groove

Candi, the title of the song is self-ex-planatory. It is a broadening expressionof love.Groove Candi, also known as Lorraine

Rachele, who left her job as a teller in abank to pursue her dream, is now reap-ing the benefits of her hard work.The musician, who was born and raised

in Mokopane and later moved toModimolle, had always been fanaticalabout music. Now national radio stationsare playing her debut single on a dailybasis. “I am a hustler. I go all out for whatI want in life,” she said.Groove Candi is not giving up her DJ

life for now. The talented DJ, who hadshared gigs with international DJ’s andartists, is still doing her thing.“I am always at the studio during the

week in Johannesburg, where I am cur-rently staying, and on weekends am go-ing to clubs for my gigs,” she said.Groove added that she is working on a

banger single to hit this summer. “Thissummer I will be touring nonstop whilepushing my singles,” she promised.Groove said that she is not yet signed toany record company.She said that she is working on a full

album but she tales her time to make itperfect. “I want to give my fans the bestquality productions,” she said.

The children of Laerskool Warmbadwent all out to catch the schoolspirit at their annual go-cart race.Photo: Niel Swart



Settlers High School, outside Bela Bela,hosted their annual beauty pageant on theevening of Saturday, 18 August.Nine beautiful women entered the com-

petition in the hopes of being crownedMiss Settlers 2012. The top six finalistswere Esmé Sekwele, Jessica Mahlangu,Lesego Popela, Mpho Molekwa, PhutiLamola and Lerato Ralekgogo.Lesego Popela charmed the judges with

her bubbly personality and confidence andwon the Miss Personality title.At the end of a delightful evening, filled

with beauty and entertainment, EsméSekwele walked away with the covetedtitle of Miss Settlers 2012. The first prin-cess was Mpho Molekwa and the sec-ond princess Phuti Lamola.Miss Settlers won a watch set, a neck-

lace and earrings. The first and secondprincesses both won charm bracelets

TK Mashaba

Bela Bela High School provided a dramatictwist to the Metropolitan Schools Games thatwas played on the Bela Bela High Schoolgrounds on Monday, 20 August.The three legged soccer tournament was

played between Maope High School,Raeleng Secondary School and Bela BelaHigh School.Maope beat Bela Bela High in their first

match of the day when they triumphed 2-1over the hosts of the games. In the nextgame, however, Bela Bela High made a stun-ning comeback when they beat the disor-ganised Raeleng 2-1. This win put them backin the final.The final between Maope and Bela Bela

High had all the spectators on the edge oftheir seats. Bela Bela pulled themselves to-gether and were leading with two goals be-fore half time. Maope scored one goal, butit was not enough to stop the relentless at-

High school soccer excites

Bela Bela High school against Maope during the match on Monday at Bela BelaHigh School sports ground. Photo: TK Mashaba

tack of the home side when Bela Bela Highscored another goal. This brought the finalscore to 3-1 in favour of Bela Bela HighSchool. This means that Bela Bela High hadmade it through to the cluster round that willalso take place in Bela Bela. Bela Bela Highwas expected to match forces againstModimolle and Vaalwater either at the SunfaStadium or at the Bela Bela High Schoolsports grounds. The cluster tournament wasscheduled for Wednesday, 22 August.According to Mr Phanas Seema, the

schools that played in local legs will be meet-ing for cluster tournaments and the winnerswill be going on to meet with other schoolsfrom other districts.“This is the Metropolitan Schools Under 16

soccer tournament. It is run every year whereschools meet at local level, cluster level, dis-trict level and at the provincial level,” he said.Seema said that they were expecting an

exciting game on Wednesday. “Let the bestschool win,” he said.


The Bosele Dawn Drop-in Centre, inthe Bela Bela Township, is asking forfood parcels and donations from localbusiness owners.The reason for this request is that they

no longer receive enough funding fromthe Department of Social Developmentto fulfil in all the centre’s needs.The department asked the centre to

provide proof of the number of childrenin the centre.Without being consulted, they are only

receiving funding for a hundred chil-dren, which is half of the amount theypreviously received.There are more than hundred children

in the centre, which leaves them withfood shortages.Bosele Dawn Drop-in Centre man-

Miss Settlers crownedwhile Miss Personality walked away witha lovely rose bracelet.The winners of the pageant will repre-

sent the school at school and sportsevents. They are also tasked to mentoryounger girls in the lower grades of theschool. According to the judges, the win-ners represent what the school sees anddefines as what a true Settlers girl shouldbe.There was no lack of support for the par-

ticipants of the pageant. The school hallwas filled with learners, teachers and par-ents. Several dance groups from theschool and a few singers entertained theaudience during the run of the evening.The BEAT was also honoured to have

one of our senior reporters, Lizzy Bapela,as a judge of the pageant. Lizzy said thatthe contestants showed great talent andtheir personality and intelligence was veryimpressive. “The overall event was won-derfully organised,” she added.

Drop in centre needs helpager, Ms Reginah Masalefa, said thatthey would appreciate any kind of helpfrom business owners. “We would ap-preciate if business owners can lend ahand because the centre really needsfood to feed the children,” she said.“The centre is also facing the chal-

lenge of being overcrowded becausethe number of vulnerable children isgrowing.We do not have enough facilities for

the children to play. The centre alsoneeds a bigger place to accommodateall the kids because now we are rent-ing this place for R3000 per year. Itwould be nice if we had our own placeto reduce the expenses,” Masalefa ex-plained.Anyone who is willing to help the cen-

tre in any way can contact the centreon (014) 737 7335 or 073 431 4055

Women’s Day treat at Maope

TK Mashaba

Limpopo has brought forth another greattalent. After a very successful turn as aDJ, Groove Candi dropped her first sin-gle in a joint venture with KarangaRecords.

Female Grade9 learners weretreated tosome beautyproducts andbracelets bythe Light ofAfrica organi-sation atMaope HighSchool. Photo:Supplied

to treat these women as a special wayof celebrating Women’s Day.“We specifically chose female learn-

ers to celebrate all women, becausethis is their month. We gave the malelearners a cake that they could sharewith their female counterparts. We didthis to commemorate Women’s Dayand to celebrate and honour all womenand female children,” he said.Light of Africa also attended the offi-

cial Limpopo Women’s Day event thatwas held at the Ephraim Mogale Sta-dium in Modimolle on Thursday, 9 Au-gust.


Light of Africa, a non-governmental or-ganisation, treated the female Grade9 learners as well as three teachers ofMaope High School to gifts onWednesday, 8 August.The gifts were a part of the Women’s

Day commemorations of Light of Africaand included Women’s Day braceletsand several rooibos based beautyproducts like hand wash, day creams,night creams hand- and body lotion.Mr Josias Ramalekana, coordinator

of Light of Africa, said that they decided

DJ Groove Candi drops a hit single

DJ Groove Candi whose song “I de-cided” is doing the rounds on nationalradio stations. Photo: Supplied

Composed by herself and two other art-ists from Namibia, the sounds used inthe song are as diverse as the elementsin the song, but balanced by joy.According to home-grown Groove

Candi, the title of the song is self-ex-planatory. It is a broadening expressionof love.Groove Candi, also known as Lorraine

Rachele, who left her job as a teller in abank to pursue her dream, is now reap-ing the benefits of her hard work.The musician, who was born and raised

in Mokopane and later moved toModimolle, had always been fanaticalabout music. Now national radio stationsare playing her debut single on a dailybasis. “I am a hustler. I go all out for whatI want in life,” she said.Groove Candi is not giving up her DJ

life for now. The talented DJ, who hadshared gigs with international DJ’s andartists, is still doing her thing.“I am always at the studio during the

week in Johannesburg, where I am cur-rently staying, and on weekends am go-ing to clubs for my gigs,” she said.Groove added that she is working on a

banger single to hit this summer. “Thissummer I will be touring nonstop whilepushing my singles,” she promised.Groove said that she is not yet signed toany record company.She said that she is working on a full

album but she tales her time to make itperfect. “I want to give my fans the bestquality productions,” she said.

The children of Laerskool Warmbadwent all out to catch the schoolspirit at their annual go-cart race.Photo: Niel Swart


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The second edition of the 5150 Bela-BelaTriathlon will take the town by storm onSaturday, 25 August.The race is broken up in waves and there

will be a continuous flow of athletes onthe course during the afternoon.The cycling course will have an impact

Road Restrictions for the 5150 Bela-Bela Triathlon

The 5150 Triathlon will be hosted in Bela Bela for the second year running. Thetriathlon will have some impact on traffic and motorist and travellers should takenotice of the restrictions. Photo as illustration.

on the normal traffic flow in town from11:00 until 17:00. The key things to knoware that the town will be cut in half by thebike course, from Forever Resorts Warm-baths main entrance out onto the AlmaRoad (via Minnaar, Luna, Grobler andRobertson Roads). The only place to

cross the cycling course is via Chris HaniDrive (in front of Forever Resorts Warm-baths). Traffic Officials from the Bela-BelaLocal Municipality will manage this keypoint on the course. Bikes will have rightof way.Roads that will be completely closed off

to traffic are Minnaar Road (from ChrisHani Drive to Luna Road), Luna Road(from Minnaar Road to Grobler Road),Hospital Street (from Luna Road to Mof-fat Road) and Moffat Road (from Hospitalto Grobler Road, except for residents tra-velling on the eastbound lane of Moffat).The main entrance to Forever Resorts

Warmbaths is on Chris Hani Drive. Pleaseuse the side entrance next to the taxi rank(corner of Ritchie and Potgieter Road).This side entrance is for all traffic to For-ever Resorts Warmbaths.Roads with lane restrictions are Grobler

and Robertson Road. The inside lane,closest to the centre isle is coned off andreserved for cyclists. Up to certain points,normal traffic flow is allowed on the outerlanes or left hand lanes of these dual car-riageways.Crossing of the bike course is forbidden.

Cars may not turn right when in the outercar lane of these dual carriageways. (Theonly spot to cross the bike course is onChris Hani Drive, in front of Forever Re-sorts Warmbaths).The D10 Alma Road, coming in to Bela-

Bela or leaving, also have restrictions. Aconvoy under the management of the

Limpopo Provincial Traffic will run fromthe Gilfillan Road and Robertson Road in-tersection to the bike turnaround point(1.5 km past the new Bela-Bela Dam en-trance). Cones will divide this piece ofroad into three lanes. The outer lanes willbe for the use of the vehicle convoy whilethe centre lanes will be exclusively de-dicated bike lanes for the race. The con-voy will be led and managed by a vehicleand personnel from the Limpopo Provin-cial Traffic.Inbound cars will wait for the convoy at

the bike turn around point. Once the leadtraffic vehicle is ready, cars will be leddown the left hand margin of the road to-wards town. Outbound cars will have totravel up Robertson Road and wait at theGilfillan Road intersection. From here, aLimpopo Provincial Traffic Vehicle willlead the convoy on the left road margintowards the Bela-Bela dam. The convoywill disband just past the bike turn aroundpoint.Motorists, who wish to go towards Thaba-

zimbi or the western suburbs must maketheir way south along Reitz or StoffbergRoads towards Chris Hani drive and turnright onto Chris Hani Drive. (Bear in mindthat Minnaar Road’s southern portion isclosed. A vehicle who wishes to leave townto go onto the Alma Road must assembleon the eastern side of Gilfillan Road’s in-tersection with Robertson Road. It wouldbe wise if motorists try to minimise travel-ling on this road between 11:00 and 17:00.

Modimolle behind Sepeke Manamela Lizzy Bapela

Soccer fans from Modimolle and sur-rounds declared that they stand fullycommitted behind their local soccerhero, Sepeke Manamela.Their sentiment was revealed when

the supporters came out in great num-bers to show their support for the cur-rent Ama Tuks, Pretoria University FC,and player in his first match for theteam.Organising committee members of

the Sepeke Manamela Tournament(SMT) accompanied supporters fromManamela’s hometown to attend theAma Tuks game against MaritzburgUnited on Saturday, 11 August.A member of the SMT, Mr Lesiba

Abram Seefane, better known as Ace,was amazed by the amount of supportthat Manamela received during hisgame. Manamela performed very well

in his first game.“The game was real ly good and

Sepeke played very well. The disap-pointing factor was just that he got ared card during the last minutes of thegame, which gave United a chance toequalize 1-1.David Radebe scored the Ama Tuks

goal from Manamela’s brilliant pass,which, according to me, was supposedto earn him the ‘man of the match’ ti-tle,” said Seefane.Seefane was also impressed by the

‘tsamaya’ motion that Manamela pulledoff and declared the game wonderful.In an interv iew wi th The BEAT,

Manamela thanked his supporters forcoming out in numbers to attend hisfirst match, which really meant a lot tohim.“I ask my fans to keep on supporting

me and I promise not to disappointthem,” he said.

Black Lizards gearing up

ModimolleYoung BlackLizards posefor a photoafter sweatingit out in thepre-seasontournamentlast Sunday.Photo:MzamaneRingane

they also managed to recruit four newplayers.The return of Lizards’ lethal striker

Andries “Stompie” Modimola was anotherreason to boost the team spirits. “We arelooking forward to a better football sea-son. Having Stompie back at the teamwill surely revive our striking force. He isone of the better players in the team, thatis why we had a bit of problems after hisserious injury last year”, said Mabotja.Modimola started practicing with his

team last month after recuperating fromhis injury, and he is now back in full swing.The Black Lizards coach said his play-

ers learnt a lot from their first league sea-son. “Transforming from a team playingin the lower league to the SAB Leaguewas more challenging, and now most ofour players know what is expected fromus as a team. We are ready for openingof the new league season. Our aim is togo out there and win games,” concludedMabotja. The new league season is ex-pected to kick-off in September althoughthe final dates and fixtures still have to beconfirmed.

Mzamane Ringane

The Waterberg SAB League campaign-ers, Modimolle Young Black Lizards, aremaking every effort to impress to ensurethat they have a successful season thistime around.Black Lizards, who started campaign-

ing in the SAB league last season, wal-loped lower league campaigners, Mag-nificent Eleven FC, last Sunday, 19 Au-gust.The two teams were playing in the pre-

season tournament, which served to keepplayers in good form, and as preparationsfor the league season ahead.Lizards whipped their homeboys, Mag-

nificent, 2-1 in the first round and furtherconfirmed victory by narrowly beatingthem 1-0 in the second round.During an interview with The Beat Sport

after the match, coach Jones Mabotjasaid that they would fight for a better spoton the log this season. Lizards finishednumber 13 on the league log last sea-son. Mabotja said there were few play-ers who left the team, but he is glad that

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