25 April 2014

beateditor@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaPage 2 BEAT 25 April, 2014

The residents of Bennde Mutale, avillage which borders the KrugerNational Park, are living in fear afterthe attack of a 29-year-old Zimba-bwean livestock herder by a leopard.The attack took place last Thursday,

while the herder, Mr Tenious Chibari,was in some nearby bushes with afriend looking for his goats. The friendmanaged to run away unharmed, whileChibari battled with the creature fordear life.Luckily he escaped with only injuries

to his head, hands and shoulders.The incident has sent shockwaves

through the village where residentsfear that it might be still near, as parkofficials were not able to capture or killthe animal.Narrating his ordeal from his bed in

the Donald Fraser Hospital, Chibarisaid it was by luck that he survivedthe attack. “We were out there lookingfor some goats which did not comeback from the veldt, when I heard myherd dog barking loudly. I realised thatthere must be trouble somewhere butdid not know that the leopard was soclose to me. The dog ran towards meand then I realised that leopard waschasing the dog. I stood as still aspossible and did not move as I knew itmight attack me also,” he said.He said the leopard suddenly at-

tacked him and grabbed him by theshoulders. “I fell down and it thenattacked my head. I gathered mystrength and put my hand in its mouthand pulled its tongue out, while callingfor help. My dog charged again, andthis time the leopard let go and

Man fights off aleopard attack

chased the dog. This probably savedmy life,” he said.He said he called on his ancestors

and prayed while battling the big cat.“I have had enough of battling danger-ous wild animals. Two years ago, Ihad to kill another leopard whichwanted to kill me, and now this. Ithink I have to call it quits, because Ihave risked my life and killed a bigbaboon which was attacking goats inthe village. There was no thank youfrom the village,” he said.Chibari said he has learnt to live with

wild animals and this is what ishelping him survive such deadlyattacks. “I have learnt to be quiet andnot be emotional when confronted bydanger. One should always giveoneself time to think what to do inorder to defend oneself from danger,”he said.Residents who spoke on condition of

anonymity said there had beenconstant escapes by wild animalsfrom the Kruger National Park. “Foryears we have been complainingabout animals escaping from the parkto the village and nothing has beendone to stop them. Our lives are atrisk,” said one of the terrified resi-dents.They said they had informed the

park about the recent attack.Last year a man was seriously

injured in a leopard attack whiletravelling between Maphophe andJosefa villages. Mr BihamiriMaluleke was attacked by a leopardin October. LiN Newspapers/ TheMirror

A seriously injured Mr Tenious Chibari is recuperating in the DonaldFraser Hospital.

Constant bridge crossing a headache

Lizzy Bapela

The Limpopo Tourism Agency (LTA)conducted their Easter campaignsthroughout the Limpopo province inpartnership with key stakeholders inorder to promote domestic tourism. Inthe Waterberg District events tookplace at the Kranskop Engen Garageon the morning of Thursday, 17 April.The agency partnered with the Depart-ment of Roads and Transport toencourage road safety and wished allpotential tourists a happy Easter.The LTA distributed marketing mes-

sages to tourists, economic migrantworkers and others in the form of A5posters wishing the public a happy

Justin Steyn

The recent crossing over at a small yetdamaged bridge, situated near theBuisfontein Country Estate, has left aresident furious.On Wednesday 16 April a GP-regis-

tered truck crossed this bridge byaccident. The driver said that he wasmaking deliveries from Johannesburg butgot lost along the way. The truck thengot stuck on the constricted road leadingto the bridge and took several hours tobe pulled out.James Fitzroy, who lives near the

bridge, said that he is tired of constantheavy traffic on this particular bridgewhich was damaged by the heavilyfloods in March.

This heavy duty truck was stuck for several hours after crossing the damagedbridge which has left Fitzroy furious. Photo Justin Steyn

A disgruntled Fitzroy is fed up with alleged constant crossings at a damaged bridgeleading to his home. Photo: Justin Steyn

“I am very angry about the constanttraffic at this particular bridge. Vehiclesfrom Klein-Kariba use this bridge and Ifear that it may become so deterioratedthat it may not be used anymore and Ineed to be able to use this bridge as Ilive across from it”Management of Klein-Kariba said that

they have had no choice but to use thisbridge because the roads they usuallydrive on were severely damaged orinaccessible due to flood water.They further stated that they are once

again using the roads as the water hasreceded. Management also said that theupkeep and repair of the bridge was theresponsibility of the local municipality.Repair of the bridge is expected to

occur in May.

Easter.The LTA’s acting CEO Fixon

Hlungwani and the MEC for Roadsand Transport Lehlogonolo Masogaled the campaigns, also highlightingroad safety and good driving, and thecampaigns were widely regarded assuccessful.The death toll over the Easter holi-

days for the Limpopo province was 17people, according to reports. Thedepartment’s spokesperson JimmyMachaka promised a full report on theresults of the campaign.The LTA encouraged the service

sector to provide service with a smileand assist anyone who needs help.

Stakeholders applaud success-ful Easter Campaign

BEAT Page 3beateditor@gmail.com@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za 25 April, 2014

The tree where Samuel Mohafi’s body was found. Photo:TK MashabaTwo of the

suspects,TrymoreMunetsi andPetrus Sithole,after they wereapprehended.Photo: Supplied

Leeupoort victims recovering

to The BEAT about the eventsand how the family is coping.“My parents are slowly recover-

ing,” she said. “Rachel’s back ishealing and she should bebending and back to normal in acouple more weeks. She was hiton the head with the back of anaxe and needed stitches, andshe re-injured her back, whereshe had had an operation shortlybefore the attack, by climbing out

of a window to run for help.”Linda said that her father,

Manie, is still struggling. Hewas struck in the head seventimes. He has so far had tohave two operations — one toclean and repair the skullfractures and another toreplace his jaw with titaniumplates.He has been discharged from

hospital but is still struggling toeat and drink due to thedamage to his face, and hisrecovery was set back bybacterial infections.Linda expressed her grati-

tude for the assistance of thecommunity during the difficulttime.She said that while the

ladies trauma group atLeeuppoort kept her fatheralive until the paramedicscould arrive, communitymembers assisted the policein their manhunt by providinghelicopters, tracking dogs andmanpower.The residents of the resort

were deeply affected by theincident and security meas-ures have been put in place toensure that the events do notrecur.The two suspects who were

caught, Trymore Munetsi andPetrus Sithole, were deniedbail during their court appear-ances.

Manie de Beerrecovering inhospital afterthe attack.Photo Supplied

Justin Steyn.

Manie de Beer and RachelGroenewaldt, who were vi-ciously attacked by five men attheir home in Leeupoort inFebruary are slowly recover-ing.The couple were asleep when

they were attacked in the earlyhours of Friday, 28 February.Their daughter, Linda, spoke

A shocking suicide inBela Bela

TK Mashaba

A Spa Park woman is stillshocked after her son’sdeath on Tuesday, 22 April.Samuel Mohafi, 22, alleg-

edly committed suicide byhanging himself from a treenear the Spa Park residentialarea. In a cruel twist, this isthe same tree where anotherman allegedly committedsuicide recently.Johanna Mogafi, Samuel’s

mother, said that it hadseemed like any other day.“When I was cleaning the

yard he told me that hewanted to cook so that hecould eat before going towork,” she said. She saidthat shortly afterwards he told

her that he was going out,and would return for break-fast before leaving for work.“He even told me that I must

answer his phone while hewas out,” she said. “That wasthe last time I saw him alive.”Johanna is left wondering

what might have happened tothe boy she described asquiet and happy to drive himto this.No suicide note was found

either on Samuel or in hisroom.His uncle told The BEAT

that Samuel was a soccer-loving person who wasalways smiling.“I was with him this week-

end and he seemed fine,”said the uncle.

beateditor@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaPage 4 BEAT 25 April, 2014

Lizzy Bapela

Councillor Malose William Mabuelaof Mogalakwena is replacingCouncillor Tlhalefi AndriesMashamaite as the mayor of theMogalakwena Local Municipality.This follows a resolution taken

during a council meeting that tookplace at the Lleka LekalakalaCouncil Chambers on Thursday, 17April.The meeting and the resolutions

taken therein are a sequel to theKPMG report released recentlywhich implicated several councillorsand political heads in the munici-pality. The council resolved that allthose implicated should be re-moved from their Executive Com-mittee positions. The oustedmembers of the municipality’spolitical management team includeMashamaite as the mayor andLesiba Langa as the Chief Whip.As a result, Mabuela is steppinginto the position of mayor, withGilbert Pila as Chief Whip.In his inaugural address, Mabuela

said that he will strive to unite themunicipal council and that hewanted to be accountable to thecommunity of Mogalakwena.Former mayor Esther Mothibi is

replacing Sam Montane as Chair-person for Technical Services, withLD Ramasobana replacing SpecialProjects Chairperson MaloseTlhaku. Councillor Grace Ngobeniis taking the place of Abram Tsebein Community Services, while M.MMoseamedi will step up as Chair-person for Electrical Servicesfollowing the ousting RahabaLebelo.Councillors who are retaining their

positions include Francina Mabuelaas Planning and DevelopmentChairperson, and Tlou Kgaphola inFinance.The council’s other resolutions

included one that ordered allmunicipal property must be re-turned to the municipality within 48hours of their removal, while an-other ordered the security servicesat Mashamaite and Langa’s homesstopped. The ousted memberswere also ordered to repay all themoney they had allegedly misused.

The Chairperson of theMogalakwena Municipal Prop-erty Assesment Corporation(MPAC) and Ward 16 CouncillorMalose Mabuela addressed themunicipal council for the firsttime as the newly electedmayor. Photo supplied

Mogalakwenagets new mayorin committee re-shuffle

ADVERTISEMENT

Open letter to MA MalulekaDear Sir

BATHO PELE PRINCIPLES

The absence of Batho Pele Principlesin the Bela-Bela Local Municipality hasreference.As a civil rights organisation,

AfriForum is extremely concerned anddisillusioned about the way in which theprinciples enshrined in our Constitutionare being violated by your Municipal-ity. We hereby formally invite you to tellus what you have done to implementthe “kick-start” transformation of serv-ice delivery as laid down in the BathoPele Principles announced in 1994.Under your management, none of the

eight principles, as attached, has beenadhered to. In fact, it seems like youhave deliberately ignored them to suit

The Municipal Manager (Bela-Bela Local Municipality)your personal agenda and you have thusfailed to serve the interest of the commu-nity.On your watch, corruption and

maladministration have flourished, service

delivery remains in abeyance, and relationsbetween the Municipality and the commu-nity are at an all-time low.Rates have also become unaffordable to

the ratepayers of Bela-Bela. This has dev-astating effects on property value, eco-nomic activity, job creation and the liveli-hood of the community.

Transparency is one of the bench-marks of the Batho Pele Principles, yetyou deny the community access to theexpenditure of their money. AfriForumhad to resort to the courts to get ac-cess to the information in terms of thePromotion of Access to Information Act.

We formally request you to furnish uswith an answer, either personally or inthe media with specific reference to theabsence of the Batho Pele Principles.

Yours faithfully

Tinus Ras

Chairperson: Warmbad branchAfriForum082 650 1185

Local Kwaito group dancing at Sunfa during EFF headJulius Malema’s visit. Photo: TK Mashaba

We snap back cap girls and we cool like that. Photo: TKMashaba

Producer and DJ Lesego ‘Heurex Deep’ Maponya servingsoulful house to the audience. Photo: TK Mashaba

We at the are proud to:

• provide our readers with complete, accurate, credible and objective news reporting• remain unbiased under all circumstances• strive to reflect the truth, objectivity and interests of the community in our reporting• support and contribute to freedom of speech, human rights and the economical and social upliftment of the towns and regions of our readers

EDITORIAL POLICY

BEAT Page 5beateditor@gmail.com@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za 25 April, 2014

Tel: (011) 447-1264/5/6

COPYRIGHTThe reproduction or broadcast without writtenpermission of any material published in The Beatand its supplements is forbidden and expresslyreserved to Upfront Events Two CC, under sec-tion 12(7) of the Copyright Act, 1978 and anyamendment thereof. The Beat is typographicallyprepared, published and distributed by UpfrontEvents Two CC. The Beat: 7 Minnaar Street, Tel:(014) 736-2723, Fax: (014) 736-3428, PO Box16, Bela-Bela. E-mail: tbeat3@gmail.com.The Beat is typographically prepared, publishedand distributed by Upfront Events Two CC and isprinted by Paarl Coldset, 83 Heidelberg Rd, CityDeep Production Park, City Deep.

Photo of the week

The BEAT wants to hear from our readers. If you have a greatstory or something that you want us to bring to light, please email

beateditor@gmail.com or send an SMS to one of our reporters.Lizzy: 072 264 7740 or TK: 076 756 9740. We would also LOVE

to see some of your weird and wonderfulphotos for our editorial page.

John Donne

In honour of Easter, we are using forour Food For Thought this monththe Easter Sermon, preached by JohnDonne on March 28, 1619, in fourparts.

Though ‘I have made a covenantwith Death and have been in agree-ment with Hell’ and have told myselfthat the oncoming scourge wouldpass me by, God will annul thatcovenant, he will bring the scourge –that is, some medicinal correction –upon me, and so give unto me a shareof all the harm that has come to HisSon.

He will give me the sweats, and ahorror, and religious fear, and so giveto me a portion of His agony, he shallgive to me want and penury, and so aportion of His fasting, and should hedraw blood, should he kill me, all thiswill be but mors raptus, a rapturousdeath towards him into a heavenlyand assured contemplation.

That I should have a portion of allhis passion, such an entire interest inhis whole passion, as though all thathe had done, or suffered, had beendone and suffered for my soul alone,quasi moriens & ecce vivo, someshow of death shall I have (for I shallsin) and some show of death again,for I shall have a dissolution of theTabernacle, sed ecce vivo, still theLord of Life will keep be alive, andthat with an Ecce, Behold! I live! Hewill declare, and manifest my blessedstate to me.

I shall not die, nor shall I not doubtthat I shall – if I be dead within doors(if I have sinned in my heart), whythen Christ gave a resurrection to theRuler’s Daughter within the doors, inthe house.

If I be dead in the gate (if I havesinned in the gates of my soul) in myeyes, or hands, or ears, in actual sin,Christ gave a resurrection to theyoung man at the gate of Naim.

If I be dead in the grave (in custom-ary, habitual sins) Christ gave aresurrection to Lazarus in the grave.

If God give me mortem raptus, adeath of rapture, of ecstasy, offervent contemplation of Christ, atransfusion, a transplantation, atransmigration, a transmutation intohim (for good digestion bringsassimilation – if I come to a truemeditation upon Christ, I come to aconformity with Christ) this isprincipally that pretiosa morssanctorum – or, precious in the sightof the Lord is the death of His saints,by which they are dead and buriedand risen again in Christ.

Precious is that death, by which weapply that precious blood to our-selves and grow strong with it tomeet David’s question, quis homo?What man? – With Christ’s answer:Ego homo, I am the man, in whomwhosoever abides shall not seedeath.

One of the Spar employees on strike holding a placard upside down. Photo:Justin Steyn

Happy EarthDay!As some of you may know, EarthDay was on Tuesday.

Keeping that in mind, a quote fromJohn James Audubon seemedappropriate: A true conservationistis a man who knows that the worldis not given by his fathers, butborrowed from his children.

Personally, I wouldn’t lend thehuman race a pencil, let alone theplanet I’m expected to live on.

Do you know how many specieshave been driven extinct in the last100 years?

Well, between 1900 and 2014, 1.728million species have gone extinct.That number, of course, includesinsects and plants.

Here are some more interestingfacts. Africa’s only native bear, theAtlas Bear, was hunted to extinctionin the year 1890. The last repre-sentative was killed in Morocco byhunters.

The quagga, a subspecies ofzebra, was hunted to extinction in1883. They are being re-bred now,with a small modicum of success.

The last confirmed Barbary Lion(black-maned lion) was seen in1942.

Between 1970 and 1979 twospecies of tiger died out.

The last known specimen of thePinta Island Tortoise, a male knownas Lonesome George, died incaptivity on 10 June 2012.

Until roughly the late 14th century,there were lions in Europe. Theywere hunted to extinction for theirmanes.

There are hieroglyphic representa-tions of animals in the ruins ofancient Egypt that we have neverseen alive.

Entire brances of animals andplants have been wiped out bynothing more than human greed.

It’s frankly embarrassing.As a species and as individuals we

should be ashamed of ourselves.We have been given this precious gift,this beautiful world, one of only a fewwhere our kind of life can exist, and weseem intent on destroying it piece bypiece.

If it’s not war, it’s strip mining orpollution.

And it’s not just the large scalepollution I’m talking about. Every timeyou dump a plastic bag beside the road,you are making yourself part of theproblem. Every time you empty a cartonof takeaway and dump it where youstand instead of walking five steps tothe nearest dustbin, you are being partof the problem.

Every time you smash a bottle, you arebeing part of the problem. Why is thisso hard to make people understand?

We don’t want our children togrow up in a trash heap, do we? Wedon’t want the only image of anelephant our children have to bepictures in books, do we?

Do we want our children to be ableto go out in the sun, or do we wantthem to wear gas masks when theyleave their homes because we’vepoisoned the atmosphere?

Already ailments like asthma andlung disease are on the rise.

We are literally poisoning the airwe breathe. I honestly can’t thinkof anything more idiotic.

Easter Sermon,Part IV

beateditor@gmail.com@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaPage 6 BEAT 25 April, 2014

Modimolle resident Evelyn Mpedi benefited from the recent distribution of foodparcels. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Justin Steyn

A handful of employees at the SuperSpar in Bela Bela have downed tools onWednesday 16 April.Armed with placards, vuvuzelas and

banners from the Hospitality, Industrial,Catering, Retail and Allied WorkersUnion (HICRAWU), the workers spentthe first day of the strike chanting andsinging songs in front of the retail store.The workers were complaining that

they were treated unfairly by manage-ment and made demands such assalary increases, shorter working hours,food while on duty, weekends off andloyalty cards.Although no serious incidents were

reported witnesses said that some ofthe protesting staff intimidated custom-ers in the area where they were striking.“Although nothing has happened I did

Super Spar employeesgo on strike

Employees striking in front of the Super Spar in Bela Bela. Photo: Justin Steyn

witness some of the staff blowing theirvuvuzelas into the faces of customerscoming to and from the shop. This Ifeared could have led to some sort ofconfrontation,” said one woman.Despite comments made that the

strike was considered illegal, owner ofthe store Carel Coetzee said that thestrike was legal but the employees hadno permission to strike on the shopcentre grounds.“We were made aware of the strike by

the staff’s union and all the necessaryprocedures were followed. However nopermission had been granted to stagean open strike in front of the shop. As aresult the staff were removed from thepremises,” said Coetzee.He added that the strike did not affect

business over the Easter weekend.At the time of going to press the staff

were still on strike.

EFF regional leader addresses VaalwaterEFF Waterbergregional leadersengaged in asong and danceahead of theirmeeting withmembers of thecommunity ofVaalwater. Photosupplied

Lizzy Bapela

The regional leader for the EconomicFreedom Fighters (EFF) LebogangMonageng addressed the residents ofVaalwater during a mini-rally held in thearea on Monday, 21 April.The rally included a motorcade through

the area as part of the election campaign.Monageng said that about 100 residents

of Vaalwater’s Extension 5 organizedthemselves and asked that the EFF senda representative to address them. Therequest is apparently a response from theresidents to a lack of service delivery in thearea. The residents were filled with com-plaints about the current regime, includingservice delivery and unemployment.

“These people approached us, wanting atruthful address from great leadership andwe were there for them,” said Monageng.“They said that despite marches andprotest actions their demands have notbeen met. These people are tired of emptypromises and need change. As we knowthat we will come out the victors in thisyear’s general elections, we have decidedto celebrate in Vaalwater, as the peoplehere may also need to remember us. Wewill address their complaints without fearand implement measures to address allservice delivery issues here,” saidMonageng.Monageng also took the opportunity to

highlight the party’s rapid recent growthand the popular support they allegedlyseem to be enjoying.In response Councillor Sebolai, the

councilor for Extension 5, said that there isa difference between service deliveryissues and flood damage, and alleges thatthe problems afflicting the residents aredue to the latter. He said that there isdamage to two wards in the area andadded that preparations are in progress.Sebolai sad that the municipality has sentout a team of technicians to assess thedamages in the area. He added that themunicipality’s maintenance team isexpected to go into action as soon as themachinery is free — it is apparently

Homeless family turns to EFFA member ofthe Nku family(front left)showed off hernew EFF T-Shirt duringMonageng’saddress. Photosupplied

The EFF promised to help thefamily.“We are waiting to hear the court

outcomes and then we will take itfrom there,” said Waterberg EFFconvener Lebogang Monageng.“Court procedures often take sometime but we will see what can bedone for this family. Since they havejoined the EFF, we have adoptedthem and they are part of our pro-grammes.”The Waterberg District Municipality

spokesperson Pat Malete said thatthe family’s matter also involved theDepartment of Rural Developmentand Land Reform, as there are courtorders involved. He added that afterthe family were evicted they wereoffered the use of an RDP house, butthe family refused the offer becausethey wanted to return to their farm.

Lizzy Bapela

The Nku family of Vaalwater havebeen staying in the town’s communityhall for over a year after being evictedfrom the farm where they had beenliving. The family approached theEFF seeking assistance.The family had apparently been

staying on a farm which had beensold. The new owner of the farmevicted them, and they were placed inthe community hall until a decisioncould be made. Apparently nothinghas happened since. The family saidthat most of their furniture had beendestroyed during their move.The family asked the EFF to provide

them with a portion of the farm thatthey had been evicted from, as theirfamily members had been buriedthere.

Food parcel saga extends to Vaalwater

Lizzy Bapela

The rumours of ANC misuse of SASSAfood parcels in their election campaignseems to have extended as far asVaalwater in the Waterberg.The community there reported that

there were issues with the delivery offood parcels intended for the victims ofthe recent flooding. The community saidthat the ANC ward committee memberstook it upon themselves to distribute theparcels instead of SASSA officials.There are allegations that food parcels

were given to relatives of the committeemembers, and community membersprotested that while some flood victimsdid not receive parcels, others whowere not affected, had received parcels.A group of concerned residents ap-

proached the EFF to lodge a complaintand seek clarity on the matter. Theresidents said that they had conducteda march some time ago but the munici-pality had not yet responded to theirconcerns. The residents requested intheir memorandum that the municipalityensure that those responsible for thechaos be brought to account.Lebogang Monageng of the EFF said

that the party will take action once theyknow what the outcome is of discus-sions between the municipality and theresidents.The incident follows reports in the

media about complaints delivered to thePublic Protector Thuli Madonsela fromthe DA and Agang alleging that the ANCis using state resources in its electioncampaign. The DA was reported to beprepared to take the ANC and SASSAto court over the alleged distribution offood parcels at ANC rallies.The Vaalwater community were the

recipients of large donations of foodparcels from the Gift of the Giversorganization, intended to benefit floodvictims. The initiative was conductedthroughout the region in partnershipwith the Waterberg District Municipalityand Vodacom Limpopo, and targetedhouseholds and organizations affectedby the recent flooding.Rumour has it that municipal officials

made off with some of the parcels,while eyewitnesses say that officialsfought over parcels, spilling sugar andcooking oil.Gift of the Givers could not be reached

for comment.

BEAT Page 7beateditor@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za 25 April, 2014

The delegates posed for a photo after sealing the partnership. Photosupplied.

Magda van Huyssteen of Modimolle enjoys knitting in her free time.During March this year she visited Faith Kidz in Modimolle to distributejerseys and knitted caps to the children. Pictures are the children show-ing off their lovely new winterwear. In the photo are: KghalaleloMotsepe, Tshepang Tlakula and Johnny Trollip. In the back row areLesedi Moje, Fidel Malowa, Leago Raseona and Boipelo Makhura. Theschool’s parents were pleasantly surprised by the gesture. Photo supplied

UNISA partners withLephalale to localise services

Lephalale is the site of ESKOM’s newpower station, Medupi, which is ex-pected to be the largest of its kind inthe world, once it is completed. It isalso the home of the Grootgeluk CoalMine and number of mines spreadthroughout the municipality. The areais therefore of great interest to interna-tional investors.Monyepao highlighted that the eco-

nomic profile of Lephalale municipalitydictates that local residents should bewell-educated, and that the partnershipwith Unisa is designed to facilitate this.UNISA also intends to build a videoconference facility at Lephalale.The relationship between the munici-

pality and Unisa was formalized onThursday, 10 April. UNISA was repre-sented by Mpho Rakoma, SomkgeleMnguni, Mohlaume Segoa and NakediMolokomme, while Peter Makondorepresented the Waterberg DistrictMunicipality. Makando is the managerin the office of the executive mayor,Tlotlanang Mogotlane, who is originallyfrom Lephalale.Monyepao and the Education Portfo-

lio Manager John Motebele repre-sented Lephalale Local Municipality.

Lizzy Bapela

Lephalale Local Municipal recentlysealed a partnership with SouthAfrica’s premier distance learninginstitution, UNISA, to bring the univer-sity’s services to the municipality’sresidents. Lephalale is one of theregion’s most rapidly developingareas, economically.Municipal spokesperson Nakampe

Monyepao is quoted as saying thatthis partnership will ‘take the distanceout of distance learning’.Through the partnership, UNISA is

planning to roll out a communityengagement programme in Lephalale.Teachers and students will benefitfrom workshops on scarce andcritical skills, as well as career guid-ance programmes and motivationalsessions for Lephalale residents.Adults who are enrolled in distancelearning programmes through UNISAwill benefit from the university’sworking relationship with Lephalale’sFET College as well.Unisa is expected to host a briefing

to bring the local business communityon board with the plan.

Khabele Primary students with their new netball kits. Photo: TK Mashaba

Khabele PrimarySchool alumni giveback to the community

TK Mashaba

Former Khabela Primary School stu-dents have formed a group dedicated tohelping the community with assortedprojects.On Tuesday, 15 April the group, known

as Children of the Soil, partnered withKFC to donate soccer, netball andcricket kits for the school’s students.“This is our first project,” said Thabo

Tshabalala, the group’s spokesperson.“We will be spreading our wings andreaching out to other schools too.”According to Tshabalala, the group

came together because they recognizeda need in their old school, but plan toexpand their efforts once they are moreestablished. They will also not only befocusing on schools, but plan to seewhat other needs they might fill in thecommunity.“We don’t promise anything but we will

be trying to engage with stakeholders onvarious projects,” he said.The group consists of former traffic

officer Thabo Tshabalala, former PoliceCommunication Captain Jonny Thiyo,Johanna Sathekge, Meisie Sebelebeleand Refilwe Mogale.

Khabele Primary students with their new soccer kits, donated by KFC. Photo:TK Mashaba

beateditor@gmail.com, Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaPage 8 BEAT 25 April, 2014

Coach vs CoachHappy Hearts toface Total Surrender‘We’re going to take this game like any other and

go all out.’

TK Mashaba

Total Surrender will be crossingswords with their former coach,Zwakala Mokoma, for the first timesince Mokoma joined Happy Heartsas their coach, this weekend.Mokoma has been struggling to take

Happy Hearts out of the relegationzone with three wins since he tookover the team.On the Surrender side, despite the

loss of several players who followedMokoma to his new roost BondisShika has done a spectacular jobwith Total Surrender since he joinedthem a month ago.He took the team briefly to the top of

the log, before they were dethronedby the current leaders.

According to those in the know thekey players this game will be SaddamLebelo, formerly from Total Surren-der, and current Surrender goldenboy Simon ‘Ytukutja’ Thobane.Thobane, who was born in

Mabatlane, has been playing for TotalSurrender for eight years and hasscored six goals this season.In a chat with Thobane, he said that

Surrender are taking the matchseriously despite Happy Hearts’status on the log.“We’re going to take this game like

any other and go all out,” he said.Lebelo, on the other hand, says that

his team is on fire for the comingmatch.“We’re going to show them what we

are made of,” he said.

Total Surrender’s new coach BondisShika. Photo: TK Mashaba

Happy Hearts’ new coach ZwakalaMokoma. Photo: TK Mashaba