The Beat 28 June 2013

28 June 2013

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Justin Steyn

On Friday, 14 June a fist fight between cus-tomers occurred at the Pick ‘n Pay in theBushveld centre in Bela Bela. A customerwas doing his shopping rounds when threeyoung men reportedly started followed himaround.The three men allegedly placed items in

the basket that the customer was carry-ing. He confronted the men at the till pointsand a harsh exchange of words followed.Engisync security officer Hendri Harding

noticed the argument and inquired aboutthe situation.“I noticed that there was an argument be-

tween the three men and the customer whocomplained that they had been throwingthings in his basket” said Harding. Headded that the three men smelled of liquorand appeared to be intoxicated.During the discussion one of the men

pushed the customer in to the till pointwhere a scuffle between the two followed.Harding immediately intervened and

grabbed the attacker from behind in an at-tempt to control the situation. WhileHarding was able to restrain him, anotherone of the men allegedly grabbed the cus-tomer from behind and the fight continuedat the shop’s Kiosk. Pick ‘n Pay staff andsecurity personnel tried to control the situ-ation by attempting to restrain those in-volved.As a measure of safety, the customer

Customers clash in shop

Security personnel and Pick ’n Pay staff tried to control the situation betweenfighting customers.

was escorted to the supermarket’s CCTVroom and the men were asked to stay inthe staff offices.The customer had reportedly suffered mul-

tiple injuries during the scuffle including aswollen lip.His attackers, who had allegedly been left

unsupervised while security personneltended to the victim’s injuries, left the of-fices where they had been asked to waitfor the police.Engisync spokesperson Lukas Moloto

denied accusations of racism stating thatthe customer was escorted to the CCTVroom for his protection, while the attack-ers were asked to wait in the staff roomuntil the police could arrive.“While it is true that suspected crimi-

nals are usually taken to the CCTV roomwe want to clarify that the victim was sentthere for his own protection and to beseparated from the men” he said.Moloto added that although the men es-

caped, security personnel noted the GPregistration number plate of the whiteOpel Corsa they had travelled in.The situation was reported to the Bela

Bela Police and they reported to theshopping centre. Police allowed the cus-tomer to leave after they took his state-ment.Engisync has identified one of the men

involved and police said that the vehicle’snumber registration number is invalid. Thematter is still under investigation.

Where is Herbie going?

Herby nowbeing trans-ported to hisnew home inthe Free-state.Photo Illustra-tion

“I have heard about the newspaper re-ports that said we are going to receive anew young hippo bull in our lodge but noth-ing has been arranged with us” saidErasmus.He added that the lodge already has 15

hippos and that a younger male would bekilled by the dominant bulls of the group.The BEAT contacted the estate, and they

stated that Herbie was definitely at Mabula.The lodge was contacted a second timeand they relayed the same message ofno hippopotamus being received.Serengeti said that they will look into the

matter and give feedback as soon as pos-sible. True to their word Hendriks confirmedHerbie’s new whereabouts.“Herbie is no longer going to Mabula but

instead he is on his way to a farmer inWelkom in the Free-state” he said.He explained that the farmer had a cow

on the farm but was in need of a bull andtook interest in Herbie. Herbie was report-edly kept in a boma in Hammanskraalwhile the new transfer was arranged.

Justin Steyn

There appears to have been some confu-sion regarding the whereabouts of Herbie,a three year old male hippo who wouldhave been transferred from the SerengetiGolf Estate in Johannesburg to the MabulaGame Lodge, near Bela Bela.On Thursday, 20 June both The Times

and Beeld reported on the transfer, andthe manager of the Serengeti Golf Estate,Hannes Hendriks, told the media that thereason for the transfer was that Herbie wasentering adulthood and was the only hip-popotamus on the estate.“He is still a wild animal and we want to

re-establish him into the wild as soon aspossible, and not allow him to get too usedto humans,” said Hendriks.When The BEAT inquired about an up-

date on Herbie’s arrival on the same day,however, Mabula operations manager,Rhyno Erasmus, said that he had no re-port of the hippopotamus being transferredto them.

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An e-mail, supposedly from Chubb SA,warning the public to beware of vehicleson the roads that drive with no headlightshas been doing the rounds among safetyand security officials in Bela Bela. TheBEAT spoke with Chubb SA spokesper-son, Lynn Bennett, who stated that thecompany had no involvement with theemail.“I would like to take this opportunity andconfirm that Chubb SA did not endorse nordo we support this statement,” she said.The email warns the public not to flash theirheadlights at cars seen driving withoutlights, as these are said to be part of ganginitiation rituals and the drivers may targetthose who flash their headlights.

TK Mashaba

The trial date for the six Mookgophong mi-nors accused of murder has one againbeen postponed, this time because a criti-cal witness could not appear as orderedat the Mokopane Magistrate’s Court onMonday, 24 June and Tuesday, 25 June.According to Lieutenant-Colonel Ronel

Otto, the witness could not attend due toother matters and the date was postponedto 11 and 12 July 2013. She added thatthe children were still being held in a placeof safety, but will be returning to court whentheir case comes up again.The six children, whose names are being

Public safety e-mail considered a hoaxThe e-mail first surfaced about 4 years

ago. At the time Chubb SA had an officialPress Release informing the public thatChubb SA had no affiliation with the flash-ing headlights e-mail.The public can also view the following

website (http://www.snopes.com/crime/gangs/lightsout.asp) to see that this is in-fact an urban legend which started some10 plus years ago in America. Referenceto the website also supports the fact thatthe contents of the email are not the viewsof Chubb SA.Chubb SA strongly request that further

dissemination of this information is stoppedby the mere action of not forwarding it onto other parties after receiving it. “Thesender can also be referred to our website,”said Bennett.

Lizzy Bapela

The ever busy Bela Bela police consta-ble from the Detectives Unit’s tracingteam, Frans Sekgobela proved yet againthat he never comes back from a crimescene empty handed.Sekgobela led a team of detectives

when they cornered and arrested two

Mookgophong Minors’ case post-poned due to witness absence

withheld, are accused of the brutal mur-ders of 9 year old Bafana Kekana, hisbrother Hosea, 10, and their cousinJohanna, who was 12, in August last year.The murdered children had been staying

at the Montadi Youth Care Centre inMookgophong when they went missing.They were eventually found by the police.The children had been restrained with

shoelaces, and according to policeJohanna had been sexually assaulted andthe boys strangled before they were allstoned to death.The police arrested the six minors in con-

nection with the murder in November lastyear.

Detective Sekgobela does it again

Bela Bela Detectives Commander Lieuten-ant-Colonel Abel Phetla displayed some ofthe stolen items that Detective FransSekgobela confiscated. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

alleged criminals at Mabalingwe NatureReserve.Detectives Commander Lieutenant-

Colonel Abel Phetla said the suspectshave been terrorizing the lodge for thepast two months, breaking into chaletsand stealing clients’ valuable items.Some of the stolen i tems includeclothes, groceries, sound systems,electrical appliances, laptops, compu-ter sets and cell phones. Lieutenant-Colonel Phetla said the total value of theitems recovered was estimated ataround R120 000, as there were threebicycles as well, all valued at R85 000.I t took hard work and t ime for

Sekgobela and the team to trace thesuspects and finally got enough evi-dence to apprehend them. Thehardworking detectives managed to getthe final full evidence on Tuesday 17June and started collecting the piles ofstolen items on Friday the 21st. Theyspent the whole week collecting theitems. One of the suspects was appre-hended still wearing the clothes he al-legedly stole from the chalets.Both the suspects were arrested on Fri-

day 21 June and appeared before theBela Bela Magistrate’s Court on Mon-day the 24th.Lieutenant-Colonel Phetla said that

both the suspects are from Extension 5in Bela Bela. The suspects, ThomasMmekwa (34); and Mkhufi (40) are cous-ins and stay in the same house. He

added the sus-pects were re-manded in cus-tody and were ex-pected back incourt on Thursday,27 June for LegalAid representa-t ion. He furthersaid that after get-ting legal repre-sentation, the sus-pects will then begiven a date fortheir next courtappearance forbail application.

Councillor van der Merwe speaks out

Bela Bela DA Councillor Kobus van derMerwe pledged to continue his dutiesof a councillor. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

obtain potable water for their daily needs.Tension allegedly came about becauseMasakhane was not part of hisresponsibilities.He was also accused of bridging

electricity at a house in Spa Park, whichhe denies strenuously. Other chargesinclude the distribution of privilegedinformation and bringing the municipality’sname into disrepute.Van der Merwe was one of the DA

councillors who welcomed questions andconcerns from the community on servicedelivery. He said in a statement thatcertain members of the council were notfulfilling their duties and suggested thatcouncil salaries should not be raised.Van der Merwe told The BEAT that he

still considered himself to be a councillorand would continue in the performance ofhis duties as long as possible.When asked for comment on the matter,

Bela Bela Mayor Freddy Hlungwani statedthat the municipality does not have anycourt case standing currently, also that heand Councillor Van der Merwe will not paythe legal costs of the previous case, butthat the Executive Council members wouldbe expected to pay, as they were the onesthat filed the court case in the first place.Municipal spokesperson Matome

Sebelebele also said that the two ExecutiveCouncil members will pay the costs asthe court ruled. He said there is no waythat the municipality could be liable forsuch costs. One of the Executive Councilmembers, Councillor Lucas Nhlapo refusedto comment on the matter.Nhlapo requested for more time to tell his

side of the story in all disputes within themunicipality, stating that all activitiesincluding disputes, campaigns andachievements should be reported.He was expected to visit The BEAT’s

offices to raise his views on mattersinvolving the municipality and his dutiesas an Executive Council member.

Lizzy Bapela

Kobus van der Merwe, DA councillor forBela Bela, has said that he is confidentthat right will prevail after being taken tocourt by members of the ExecutiveCouncil.Van der Merwe’s name was among

those that appeared in The BEAT and DiePos this year during a series of publicspats within the municipality, and wasrecently voted off the Executive Councilby a successful motion for a vote of noconfidence.“I was voted out, based on invalid

reasons, only because I stood for the rightthings in the municipality and I do notsupport self-enrichment. The motion to mewas just to disturb me from being part ofmajor and uplifting decisions within themunicipality. I was ousted from the EXCOfor siding with the mayor in some decisionmaking processes,” he said.The councillor allegedly angered

members of the Executive Council byhelping the community of Masakhane to

Waterberg commemorates youth month

The Bela BelaDepartment ofHealth recentlytook its servicesto the people incelebration ofyouth and chil-dren’s health andsafety campaigns.Photo: LizzyBapela

Lizzy Bapela

The month of June was commemorated andcelebrated through various activities includ-ing substance abuse awareness, soccer tour-naments and citizens wearing school uniformacross the Waterberg district and the coun-try at large.Following the advent of democracy in 1994,

the new democratic government declared June16 a national holiday, and June is seen asYouth Month, in honour of the contribution ofthe youth in the struggle for the liberation ofSouth Africa. While the youth of 1976 foughtfor freedom and the creation of a democraticstate, today’s youth activism is regarded asdirected towards successfully tackling thechallenges of combating poverty, unemploy-ment, HIV/AIDS, personal development; eco-nomic freedom and the development of thecountry amongst others.This year, 2013 marked the 37th anniversary

of the June 16 Soweto and other related up-risings. The NYDA indicated that the successof the commemoration events depends onjoint co-ordination and collaboration with them,the government entities and departments in-cluding the Government Communicationsand Information Systems (GCIS).After the government had launched the Youth

Month Programme at the end of May, theyouth month celebrations also embracedcelebrations on the safety of children.Maria Ramoshaba of the GCIS in Waterberg

said the objective of the event was to launchand unveil the youth month programme andhonour the youth of South Africa by com-memorating the role played by young peoplein the struggle for nation liberationMeanwhile, stakeholders in the Bela Bela

Department of Health recently helped thedepartment take its services to the people tocelebrate youth and children’s health andsafety campaigns in style. The health imbizo,held at Sunfa, entailed speakers from differ-ent organisations outlining their lines of duty,calling on to community members to engagewith various institutions in order to acquireinformation relevant to their well-being and thatof the youth and children.Speakers representing various units in the

Bela Bela Hospital outlined services that theirunits offer to the public and also distributedpamphlets with more information.Legopheng Matlala of the Waterberg Depart-

ment of Health spoke on behalf of TB andHIV campaigns committees, encouragingpeople to go and test, as different stalls andmobile clinics were available on the day toassist members of the public.

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Lizzy Bapela

The commemoration of Youth Day thisyear marked the 37th anniversary of the16 June Soweto uprising and this year’sYouth Month campaigns are beingcelebrated under the theme “Workingtogether for youth development and a drugfree South Africa”While the youth of 1976 fought for

freedom and the creation of a democraticstate, today’s youth activism is directedtowards successfully tackling thechallenges of poverty, unemployment,substance abuse, HIV and AIDS, personaldevelopment and economic freedom.The Department of Arts and Culture

(DAC) and the National YouthDevelopment Agency (NYDA) led theYouth Day commemorations. MariaRamoshaba of the GovernmentCommunications and InformationSystems (GCIS) in the Waterberg saidthe main focus of Youth Month is on thefight against substance abuse and youthdevelopmentThe GCIS highlighted that alcohol,

substance abuse and illicit drug traffickingis a global phenomenon and South Africais no exception. Ramoshaba said that thishas serious implications for millions ofSouth Africans because alcohol andsubstance abuse contributes to crime,gangsterism, domestic violence, familydysfunction and other social problems.Moreover, it has been reported that drug

abuse in South Africa is twice the worldnorm in most cases. In particular, youthhave borne the brunt of abuse with theemergence of local drugs such as nyaopeand kubar.The South African government recognises

that the drug problem is complex and requiresdecisive and collective national action. Thegovernment has been at the forefront offighting the scourge of substance abusethrough various national initiatives andprogrammes. Given the seriousness of thesituation, it has convened an Inter-MinisterialCommittee (IMC) on substance abuse andplaced the response to substance abuse asthe core mandate of the Central DrugAuthority (CDA).Government and its partners are also

implementing the Anti-Substance NationalPlan of Action, which is a collective efforttowards a South Africa that is free of drugabuse. The plan focuses on enabling policyand legislation, supply reduction, demandreduction, harm reduction and strengtheningthe role of civil society in this struggle.Youth Month has furthermore focused on

job creation and youth empowerment, withCooperative Governance, Human Settlementand Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) MECClifford Motsepe’s recent workshop held inBela Bela as part of the effort. The callthroughout the month was on youth and allsectors of society to identify their roles incurbing the economic and social issues thatyouth face in the country.A highlight of Youth Month 2013 was the

re-introduction of the National Imbizo Focus

Youth Month campaignsWeek, which saw ministers and deputyministers, led by President Jacob Zuma andDeputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, joinedby premiers, MECs, mayors and councillors.These leaders met with communities andstakeholder groups to mobilise the nation inthe collective fight against substance abuse.Imbizo Week ensured heightened interactionbetween elected public representatives andSouth Africans from all walks of life incommunity meetings, door-to-doorcampaigns, national events, sports meetingsand other direct engagements.In the Waterberg District, municipalities

engaged in different youth activities suchas the Youth Parliament and Youth inSports events held by the districtmunicipality and the Councillor HlungwaneCup, among others.Ramoshaba said that the government is

committed to ridding society of substanceabuse, which is the cause of numeroussocial problems. She said the governmentneeds the help of parents, civil society andfaith-based organisations and communitiesin tackling this scourge.Parents, relatives and other community

structures were urged to play a role inraising awareness and to provide supportto those affected. Communities are calledon to continuously report those involved inthe trade of illegal substances so that thescourge can be eradicated.Already, there are 215 Local Drug Action

Committees around the country that areassisting communities to manage theirown preventative work at grassroots level.In Bela Bela, mayor Freddy Hlungwane

recently announced publicly that hepledged to champion programmes held tofight these societal ills and send a strongmessage to the youth. Hlungwaniannounced that his municipality has putaside R100 000 to fund programmeshelping in the fight against substanceabuse, this with the purpose of ensuring adrug free society. He also said that themunicipality is in talks with the localForever Resorts to help build arehabilitation centre in the area.

Feedback on municipal audit reports

Manager of the Waterberg DistrictMunicipality Mokopane Letswaloacknowledged his colleagues’ hard workthat led to the great achievements in therecent audit report. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The Dist r ic t execut ive MayorTlotlanang Mogotlane could notcontain her pr ide when shementioned the achievement duringthe events that her municipality heldthroughout the month. She pledgedto continue supporting al l localmunicipalities in her district so theycan also receive improved auditopinions.Bela Bela received an adverse

report, while Mookgophong receiveda qualified report.Mookgophong Mayor Sarah

Monyamane also expressed gratitudetowards her munic ipal i ty ’sachievement, regarding it as animprovement on the 2010/2011financial year. She further said thatan action plan has been developedto address matters raised by the AG,adding that it is still their resolve toattain a clean audit by 2014.Meanwhi le, the munic ipal i ty ’s

council is highly impressed andencouraged by the progress reportpresented by the audit committee.Monyamane said her municipality is

confident that they will be able toachieve a clean audit by 2014. Shesaid the council will work hand inglove with the Audit Committee,Municipal Public Account Committee(MPAC) and the Administrat iveManagement to ensure that theyachieve the 2014 objective.

Lizzy Bapela

A one-year-old baby from Modimolle,Alucia Smal, recently survived a car ac-cident that claimed the life of her mother,Ankia.Modimolle police spokesperson War-

rant Officer James Findlay said the babywas travelling with her mother when theaccident happened on the Eersbewoondroad near Klein Paradys on Saturday,15 June.

Modimolle baby miraculouslysurvives car accident

Alucia Smal with her mother and eldersister earlier this year. Photo supplied

He said Smal had her seatbelt on andAlucia was in her baby seat, suspectedto have been traveling in the front seatof the car. He said that Smal moved tothe left side of the road and tried to bringthe car back to control before drivingstraight out of the road again. The po-lice suspect that a tire may have burston her car. An oncoming car hit the de-ceased’s car on the passenger’ side,which happened to be the baby’ side.The police said that little Alucia was

found in between her mother and the carseat, still in her baby seat and miracu-lously, without any injuries.The other vehicle had thrown a passen-

ger outside, who was found still on hisseat some distance from the vehicle.Warrant Officer Findlay said the passen-ger was treated at the FH Odendaal Hos-pital for minor injuries and was not hos-pitalised. He added the passenger wasa hitch-hiker and only the driver of thecar was seriously injured.He also said passers-by saw the baby

and took her to the local hospital, whereher father was contacted. She was latermoved to another hospital outside town.The police confirmed that Alucia is fine

now, with no injuries and is safe withher family.

Lizzy Bapela

Manager in the Waterberg DistrictMunicipal i ty (WDM), MokopaneLetswalo acknowledged hiscolleagues for their hard work that ledto the great achievements in therecent audit report. The municipalityachieved a clean audit from theAuditor General (AG) of South AfricaTerrence Nompembe for the 2012/2013 financial year. WDM has nowreceived clean audits for threeconsecutive financial years.

Justin Steyn

Limpopo Premier Cassel Mathale may befacing another no confidence motion if al-legations of the abuse of travel funds areaccurate.According to media reports, Mathale

used taxpayers’ money to rent a helicop-ter for a trip between Polokwane andMusina in early January this year at anestimated cost of R82 000. At the inaugu-ration ceremony of Chief Kgoshi Meleboho,Mathale also arrived in a helicopter insteadof a state vehicle.This comes after the premier spent

R641 410 on travel claims in the 2011/2012

Premier slammed over travel abusefinancial year, according to information re-vealed late last year.The DA has made a formal appeal to the

Speaker, Rudolph Phala, on Thursday, 20June, asking him to review his refusal toallow a motion of no confidence againstMathale, which was debated last month.“Premier Mathale is a serial abuser of thelaw and cares very little about the need touse public funds for basic service deliveryin Limpopo instead” said DA spokesper-son Desiree Van der Walt.The party believes that the Speaker now

has no choice but to allow the no confi-dence debate to remove Premier Mathalein the light of alleged on-going abuses.


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The title of today’s editorial comes fromthe first line of Franklin D. Roosevelt’sinaugural address as the thirty-secondpresident of the United States: So, firstof all, let me assert my firm belief thatthe only thing we have to fear is fearitself - nameless, unreasoning, unjusti-fied terror which paralyzes needed ef-forts to convert retreat into advance.Now, who among us hasn’t been un-

reasonably afraid at one time or another?Whether it was the old childhood fear ofa monster under the bed or the moregrown up fear of strangers, other races,other countries, other religions or pointsof view, we all have fears. We’re steepedin fear from the moment we are born untilthe moment we die; it’s the nature ofthe world.It is time, however, that we as a nation

set our fears aside. We cannot afford tobe afraid any longer, because our futureis waiting for us to reach out and grab itin both hands. There is no more time tosit paralyzed and wait for things to getbetter, for the government to fix every-thing.There is no more time to let our streets

be dirty, our cities full of hate and ourhearts full of distrust.It is time that we, as a country, throw

off the shackles of the past and the fearsit carries with it, and embrace the factthat we are now responsible for our ownactions. We are responsible for the stateof the country. We as a nation, as thepeople of South Africa, are responsiblefor the future of our country.We cannot afford to blame the past for

our mistakes anymore. It is time andpast time that we accept that what hap-pens now, and what happens in everymoment after this one, is nobody’s re-sponsibility but our own.We cannot afford to be afraid of the

responsibilities we accepted when webecame a true democracy. We cannotallow our fear of change to stop us frommaking the changes that we can seeneed to be made.We are all afraid. Every day, we are

afraid. But we can’t afford to let that stopus. We have the chance here to buildsomething beautiful, but if we allow ourfear and hatred to rule, we will havewasted that chance.A wise man once said: I learned that

courage was not the absence of fear,but the triumph over it. The brave manis not he who does not feel afraid, buthe who conquers that fear.We can’t afford to let fear stop us.In the future, when you are about to

make a decision, ask yourself: “Am Idoing this because I am afraid?” and ifthe answer is yes, ask yourself: “Whatwould I have done if I were not afraid?”Decisions motivated by fear are usuallynot the right ones.

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Unbelievers have difficulty understand-ing money matters the Christian way.They wonder if Christian principles applyin the globalised financial systems of theworld.

The truth is that when dealing or having,your faith in God calls for different way ofthinking and doing things. The Word de-centralise your activities from yourself toGod almighty the Creator of the universebut you being the beneficiaries of thisgrace and thinking. Let’s acknowledgethat God’s ways are pure and high.

Isaiah 55:8-11 GNB “My thoughts,” saysthe LORD, “are not like yours, and myways are different from yours. (9) As highas the heavens are above the earth, sohigh are my ways and thoughts aboveyours. (10) “My word is like the snow andthe rain that come down from the sky towater the earth. They make the cropsgrow and provide seed for planting andfood to eat. (11) So also will be the wordthat I speak— it will not fail to do what Iplan for it; it will do everything I send it todo.

Let me demystify some thinking with re-gard to being successfully and havingabundance in life. Some people like say-ing money is the root of all evils, but theBible says 1 Timothy 6:10 ASV “For thelove of money is a root of all kinds of evil:which some reaching after have been ledastray from the faith, and have piercedthemselves through with many sorrows.”

Many envy people envy the like of PatriceMotsepe, Harry Oppenheimer, CyrilRamaphosa because they are wealthy.Now should Christian have to envy suchpeople? Nay. But children of God has tolearn how money works. The truth aboutthis is God desire for us what is goodand noble. God has left the money is-sues into our hands and what you dowith it will determine our life style. Anoint-ing will help u get money but it won’t man-age it for you. Anointing is Gods powerresting in the believer to help him dealwith the yokes, but ignorance is what Godhates.

Isaiah 5:13 ASV Therefore my peopleare gone into captivity for lack of knowl-edge; and their honourable men are fam-ished, and their multitude are parchedwith thirst. Hosea 4:6 ASV My people aredestroyed for lack of knowledge: becausethou hast rejected knowledge, I will alsoreject thee, that thou shalt be no priest tome: seeing thou hast forgotten the law ofthy God, I also will forget thy children. Fi-nances are as important as prayer. Prayeris important, money is important in Chris-tian.

This is the structure of Christianity withregard to managing money.

1. Every child of God must give theirtenth (tithe), because it belongs to theLord, and it should be taken to the Lordshouse. Not to the evangelist or a televi-sion ministry, not to the poor or needy,BUT to the house of the Lord. Tithe isstrictly 10 percent of all you got (meaningGross income).and according to God thisis not negotiable, it is a command. That’swhat the world doesn’t understand.

2. God sees our money as a seed.Meaning it should be planted to the rightsoil. It will give you returns in 30 fold, 60fold and 100 fold. Plant your seed for anyproject and see the faithfulness of theLord. Religion doesn’t understand this.

3. Invest into saving account, invest inGod, invest livestock but when youchoose investment, seek the leadingof the Lord. Non-believers don’t under-stand that God can lead his people.Learn to wait upon the Lord.

4. eliminates all the debts in your lifeand pay them on time to avoid unnec-essary interest,

5. Stick to a monthly budget to avoidmoney you loose from blind side


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Notice is hereby given to members of the public whoare interested in conducting street/hawker tradingto apply for trading permits. Permits will be valid for12 months commencing 01 July 2013

Application forms will be available at Bela Bela Lo-cal Municipality, Commando Building,Van derMerwe Street, LED office from the 01 July 2013.

For more information contact Messrs A.M.S Mohlalaor S.R. Mokgohloa at 014 736 8000

M.M. MalulekaActing Municipal Manager Notice No: 28/13

BELA BELA LAND USESCHEME 2008

Notice is hereby given toall whom it may concern,that in terms of Clause 21 ofthe Bela Bela Land-UseScheme, 2008, I, AmandaKock of DLC Telecom (Pty)Ltd, intend applying to theBela Bela Local Municipal-ity for Special Consent forthe construction and opera-tion of a 25m high telecom-munications lattice mastand base station on Ptn 1 ofErf 6719 Bela Bela Ext 5.Full particulars and plansmay be inspected duringnormal office hours at theoffice of the applicant at theaddress included below orat the office of the Manager:Planning and Develop-ment, Bela Bela Municipal-ity, Chris Hani Drive, BelaBela. Any objection, withthe grounds therefore, shallbe lodged with or made inwriting to both the appli-cant at the address men-tioned below and the Man-ager: Planning and Devel-opment, Bela Bela Munici-pality, Private Bag x1609,Bela Bela, 0480, within 28days of the date of the firstpublication of this notice,viz 21 June 2013. Closingdate for any objections: 19July 2013.Applicant:DLC TELECOM (Pty) LtdStreet address : 46 26thStreet, Menlo Park, 0081Postal Address: P.O. Box35921, Menlo Park, 0102Tel: (012) 346 7890Email: [email protected] Ref : VC/LK/018 -Skir lek Extens ion.(21&28/6)

MOOKGOPHONGLAND USE SCHEME,

2010Notice is hereby given toall whom it may concern thatin terms of Clause 20 of theMOOKGOPHONG LANDUSE SCHEME, 2010, weURBAN ENERGY TOWN& REGIONAL PLAN-NERS CC, representedherein by Rowan Albertyn,the authorised agent of theowners, intend applying tothe Mookgophong LocalMunicipality for SpecialConsent to erect cellulartelecommunication mastson a 144m² portion of thefollowing properties:1. Portion 69 of the farmGrootvalley No 530 KR.60m High Lattice type mast.Specific site of proposedmast is in the south easterncorner of the property andopposi te MookgophongExtension 6 Township.

2. Portion 78 of the farmNaboomspruit No 348 KR,better known as HoërskoolHans Strijdom 40m highmonopole type mast. Spe-cific site of mast is on thewestern border of the site,adjacent to the R520 Roadand north of the athleticstrack and ablution facili-ties.3. Erf 448, Naboomspruit,situated on the north west-ern corner of Seventh Av-enue and Seventh Street.40m high monopole typemast. Specific site of mast ison the south western cornerof the stand.Any objections to or repre-sentations in respect of theappl ica t ions , wi th thegrounds therefore, must belodged with or made inwriting to: The DivisionalManager, Town Planning,first floor, MookgophongMinicipal Building, cornerof Nelson Mandela Driveand Sixth s t ree t ,Mookgophong or PrivateBag x340, Mookgophong,0560 within a period of 28days from the first day ofpublication of this noticein the Local Newspaper,being 28 June 2013.Full particulars and plansmay be inspected duringnormal office hours (08:00- 13:00 and 14:00 - 15:00)at the above mentioned of-fice, for a period of 28 daysfrom the first date of publi-cation of the notice in thelocal newspaper, being the28th of June 2013.Closing date for any objec-tions: 26 July 2013.Address of agent:URBAN ENERGY TOWN& REGIONAL PLAN-NERS, Suite 1a, Standardbank Square, Polokwane,0700 or , P O Box 307,Bendor Park, 0713, Tel: 079886 3414, Fax: 086 5658531, e-mai [email protected](28/6&05/7)

DESEASED ESTATEEstate late Klaus-HeinrichDaiber, Estate No 740/11.ID 291119 5053 182. Lastaddress : Sect ion 26Warmbad Renaissance, BelaBela. In terms of section35(5) of Act 66 of 1965,notice is hereby given thatcopies of the Liquidationand Distribution Account(First and Final) in the es-tate specified above, willbe open for inspection of allpersons with an interesttherein, for a period of 21days f rom publ ica t ionhereof, at the office of theMaster of the High Court,Pretoria and at the Clerk ofthe Court of the Magis-trates´ Court of Bela Bela.Should no objec t ionthereto be lodged with the

Master or the Clerk of theCourt concerned during thespecified period, the Execu-tor will proceed to makepayments in accordancewith the accounts. Execu-tor Testamentary:Adv K GARLIPP23 Burger Avenue,Lyt te l ton Manor ,Centurion, 0157. Tel: 0126643 391 or 082 564 2241/079 6971 984.

SALE OF BUSINESSIn terms of Section 34(1) ofthe Insolvency Act No 24of 1936 KONSANTINOSKOUTZAKIOTIS, ID770912 5203 082 conduct-ing business under thestyle of NABOOM SPARat Thabo Mbekistreet 64Naboomspruit is herebygiving notice of its sale andto transfer 30 days afterpubl ica t ion hereof toMICOTEL CC registrationnumber 2002/007584/2who will carry on the saidbusiness for his own ben-efit and account.JB CORNELIUS ATTOR-NEYNelson Mandelastreet 34Naboomspruit, 0560Tel: 082 3344 084.

NOTICE OF SALE INEXECUTION

IN THE NORTHGAUTENG HIGH COURT- PRETORIA (REPUBLICOF SOUTH AFRICA)CASE NUMBER: 18867/2009In the mat ter between:FIRSTRAND BANK LIM-ITED Pla int i f f andCHRISTA JOUBERT FirstDefendantJOSEPH JOHANNESFOURIE JOUBERT SecondDefendantIn execution of a judgementof the North Gauteng HighCourt - Pretoria, in the suit,a sale with a reserve to thehighest bidder, will be heldby the Sheriff Bela Bela atthe offices of the Sheriff, 52Robertson Avenue, BelaBela on 11 July 2013 at11H00 of the undermen-tioned property of the De-fendant/s on the conditionswhich may be inspected atthe offices of the Sheriff,prior to the sale.Remaining extent of Por-t ion 141 of the farmRoodekuil 496, Registra-t ion Divis ion K RLimpopo, measur ing23,1003 hectares, held byvirtue of deed of Transfer No:T.5585/2004.The property is better knownas Remaining Extent of Por-tion 141 of the farmRoodekuil 496, district BelaBela.Subject to all terms and con-ditions therein contained.Zoned: Agricultural pur-posesImprovements: (Please notethat nothing is Guaranteedand / or no Warranty is givenin respect thereof)Dwelling 1-2 bedrooms,bathroom,lounge/diningroom, kitchen and carport.Dwelling 2-2 bedrooms,bathroom, lounge, kitchenand stoepDwelling 3-2 bedrooms, 2bahrooms, lounge, diningroom, kitchen, workshop,fodder shed, 2 boreholes, par-tial game fencing, naturalgrazing and irrigation.The nature, extent, conditionand existence of the improve-ments are not guaranteed and/or no warranty is given in re-spect thereof and are sold“VOETSTOOTS”.1. The purchaser shall payAuctioneer’s commissionsubject to a maximum of R8750.00 plus vat and a mini-mum of R440.00 plus vat.2. A deposit of 10% of pur-chase price immidiately ondemand by the Sheriff, the bal-ance of purchase price andany such interest payable,shall be paid to the Sheriffagainst transfer and shall besecured by a bank guarantee),to be approved by the Plain-tiff’s attorney, which shall befurnished to the Sheriffwithin 21 days after the dateof sale.3. The rules of auction areavailable 24 hours prior tothe Auction at the offices ofthe Sheriff Bela Bela, 52Robertson Avenue, Bela Bela.The office of the Sheriff BelaBela will conduct the sale.Registration as buyer is a pre-requisite subject to condi-tions, inter alia:(a) Directive of the ConsumerProtection Act 68 of 2008( U R L h t t p : / /w w w. i n f p . g o v. z a / v i e w /

DownloadFileAction?id=99961)(b) Fica-Legislation proof ofidentity and address particu-lars(c) Payment of a registrationfee of R5 000.00 - in cash(d)Registration conditionsThe aforesaid sale shall besubject to the conditions ofsale which may be inspectedat the office of the Sheriff BelaBela, 52 Robertson Avenue,Bela Bela.Dated at Pretoria on 17th May2013.RORICH WOLMARANS &LUDERITZ INCAttorney for PlaintiffBlock C, Equity Park,257 Brooklyn Road,Brooklyn, PretoriaReference: (F301136.B1/VDBURG/LVDW)Tel: 012 362 8990.

NOTICE OF SALE INEXECUTION

IN THE HIGH COURT OFSOUTH AFRICA (NORTHGAUTENG HIGH COURT,PRETORIA) Case No:35517/2012In the matter between:ABSA BANK LIMITEDPlaintiff and GERT PETRUSJ O H A N N E SGREYVENSTEYN (ID No.560602 5045 088) 1st De-fendantADRIANA BEATRIXGREYVENSTEYN (ID No.551228 0024 083) 2nd De-fendantPersuant to a Judgementgranted by this HonourableCourt on 20 September 2012and a Warrant of Execution,the undermentioned propertywill be sold in execution bythe Sheriff of the High Court,Waterberg on Friday the 12thday of July 2013, at 11H00 infront of the Magistrate’s Of-fice, van Emmenis Street,Modimolle, Limpopo Prov-ince, to the highest bidder:Portion 84 (A Portion of Por-tion 13) of the farmBuffelspoort 421, Registra-tion Division K.R., LimpopoProvinceStreet Address: 84 LeopardsRock, Nylstroom, LimpopoProvinceMeasuring: 1,6484 (onecomma six four eight four) hec-tares and held by Defendantsin terms of deed of TransferNo. T70603/2005.Improvements are: VacantLandNo warranties regarding de-scription, extent or improve-ments are given. The condi-tions of sale to be read out bythe Sheriff of the High Courtat the time of the sale and willbe available for inspection atthe offices of the Sheriff,Waterberg, 50 Alfred NzoStreet, Modimolle, LimpopoProvince.Dated at Pretoria on this the10th day of June 2013.VAN ZYL LE ROUX INCPlaintiff’s AttorneysMonument Office Park71 Steenbok AvenueFirst Floor, Bolck 3Monument Park - PretoriaP O Box 974, Pretoria, 0001DOCEX 97, PretoriaTel: (012) 435 9444Fax: (012) 435 9555REF: 411216/E NIMAND/MN

NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS IN DECEASED

ESTATESAll persons having claimsagainst the undermentionedestate must lodge it with theExecutor concerned within30 days (or as indicated) fromdate of publication hereof.Estate Number: 7204/2013Master’s Office: Cape TownSurname: BurgerFirst Names: NellieDate of Birth: 1921 - 06 - 20ID Number: 210620 0049081Last Address:N a b o o m s p r u i tLewensvreug Tuiste VirBejaardes, NaboomspruitDate of Death: 2013 - 02 - 08Only applicable if deceasedwas married in community ofproperty/ subject to the ac-crual system:First Names of survivingspouse: N/AName (only one) of Executoror Authorised Agent:GREENWOODS (PTY) LTDAddress of Executor orAuthirised Agent: P O Box3311, Cape Town, 8000Period allowed for lodgementof claims, if other than 30 days:Advertiser Name:GREENWOODSAdvertiser Address: P O Box3311, Cape Town, 8000Advertiser Email:[email protected] Telephone: 021 4108606.

The Bela Bela Youth Development group has started a working relationship with thelocal Parliamentary Constituency Office. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Bela Bela youth in action

Lizzy Bapela

The Bela Bela Youth Development (BBYD)received a training session on HIV/AIDS, aspart of the educational programmes that thegroup is focusing on. The session took placeat the Bela Bela Parliamentary ConstituencyOffice (PCO) building on Wednesday, 19 June,with Pastor Herman Lehobye from the Dira-O-Direlwe drop-in centre in Modimollefacilitating.The group was recently formed and consists

of 60 members from Bela Bela and surroundingareas. The BBYD is a brainchild of the localPCO, which aims at assisting the youth inbuilding a brighter future for themselves, theirfamilies and the community at large byacquiring relevant skills that will impactpositively on their society’s economic growth.The organisation has a coordinator, scribe andmembers elected to head up various portfolioswithin it.Stand Maseme is the coordinator and Peggy

Kekana the scribe, while Samuel Papo headsthe Education portfolio and Straus Chueneheads Youth Safety. Steve Maluleka headsthe Learnership and Apprenticeship Portfolio,Solomon Ngobeni heads HIV/AIDS Portfolioand Shimi Sebolao heads the portfolio onNational Youth Safety and NationalDevelopment Plan.The Education Portfolio will take information

on higher learning institutions and registrationforms to the youth and community at large tospread the information.The Learnership and Apprenticeship Portfolio

will take skilled youths’ contacts and detailsinto various departments’ databases foremployment opportunities.The HIV/AIDS programmes aims to bring

back the issue to the society and get peoplemore educated about it. Relevant departmentswill be engaged on HIV/AIDS and TBprogrammes continuously.The SAPS and Community Policing Forums

(CPF) will have to revive their programmesregarding the safety of the society, especiallythe youth. Young people will be engaged incrime fighting and awareness campaigns andencouraged to take more responsibility for theissue, as suspects in many of the criminalactivities committed are youths.The PCO recently hosted a career expo for

the young people of Bela at Maope SecondarySchool. The BBYD coordinated the event,targeting high school learners and those whocompleted their matric but have not yetenrolled with an institute of higher learning.In his address, Martin Moloto of the local

PCO said the aim of the event was toencourage young people to enrol at higherlearning institutions and empower them withthe necessary tools such as information andregistration forms.The members have had several meetings

in the PCO to elaborate on youthprogrammes and plan to have a huge careerexpo. They were expected to visit the officeof Higher Education Deputy MinisterMduduzi Manana on Wednesday, 12 Juneand meet up with an official dealing withoutreach programmes for the youth andregistration with educational institutions. Themembers are expected to work withManana’s office on the planned expo. Theyalso plan to have a youth desk and workwith relevant departments in dealing withissues facing the youth on a daily basis suchas substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, teenagepregnancy.


TK Mashaba

The Bela Bela Sports Centre will receive amuch-needed revamp next month.The netball, basketball and volleyball

courts which have been in a deplorablecondition for some time will now finally beredone.According to Matome Sebelebele, Bela

Bela municipal spokesperson, the sportsfield will be under renovation from July.“We will be developing all three these

courts in this year’s financial budget andwe wish the community can also take

Bela Bela Sports Centre to berenovated at last

The state of thenetball court willbe a thing of thepast after thefinancial year.Photo TKMashaba

charge of them in a good way and protectthem,” Sebelebele said.Bela Bela sports fanatics are enthused

about using new sports grounds ahead ofthe September games, due to start soon.The revamp comes on the heels of the

Bela Bela Finest United friendly games,where the netball teams were forced to usethe basketball courts as the netball fieldwas deemed too dangerous to play on. Thevolleyball teams have been using the ten-nis courts, which is also not in an excel-lent condition as the fence has been thor-oughly vandalized.

The organizing committee of the newly founded Councillor Hlungwani Cup 2013 dis-played prizes that will be issued to the winners in the final game. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Mayor hosts soccer tournament

Lizzy Bapela

Bela Bela mayor Freddy Hlungwani andhis organizing committee hosted the firstever Councillor Hlungwani Cup starting onSaturday, 22 June. The tournament’s groupstage games kicked-off at PhomolongSoccer Field.The committee comprises of soccer fans

such as Piet, “Buns” Nkuna, who is also aWard 4 committee member in Youth De-velopment Portfolio, Bela Bela Piratescoach Johannes “Tshisevhe” Mabua andWard 4 street committee member Phenius“Pino” Mothokoa. The mayor said the tour-nament aimed at eradicating substancesand nyaope in the community so that BelaBela can have a drug-free society.Eight teams, all from Ward 4, competed

against each other in the group stagegames that took place from Saturday 22

to Sunday 23 June.Black Eagles opened the nets by whip-

ping New Castle 2-1; while Bela Bela Pi-rates also beat Bazooka FC 2-1 in thesecond game of the tournament. JonesUnited got a beating of 1-0 from Juventas,with mayor’s team Cashbuild winning 1-0against Zone 14.On Sunday, 23 June, Zone 14 got a whip-

ping of three goals to zero, paying againstBazooka FC. Juventas won 2-1 againstNew Castle, Bela Bela Pirates also 2-1against Cashbuild and Juventas roundedoff the games by winning three goals toone against Black Eagles.The final group stage games will take

place on Saturday, 29 June, with semi-fi-nals and finals on Sunday, the 30th.The mayor said sponsors and support-

ers are expected to attend the final games,as he will officially launch the tournament.

The Craven Week comes to Bela Bela

Rugby players tussling for the ball. Photo TK Mashaba

proud to host you in this mountainous re-gion of South Africa. The beauty of the land-scape, the culture of the people, the abun-dance of wildlife and the ancient historymake this area one of South Africa`s primetourism and adventure destination,” sheadded.This event takes place during Youth

Month as South Africans celebrate theachievement of the Class of 1976 whosecontribution to the establishment of ademocratic South Africa cannot be ignored.“As we mark the fifty years of the Craven

week tournament, we must in the samevein, support today`s youth as they facenew challenges which include amongstothers, HIV/AIDS, poverty, unemploymentand personal development,” Mogotlanesaid

TK Mashaba

The Craven Week, a weeklong celebra-tion of schools rugby, has come to BelaBela. The competition, featuring 18 teamsfrom Under 13 to Under 18, kicked off onMonday, 24 June and was expected toconclude on Friday, 28 June at WarmbadHoërskool in Bela Bela.Teams from the all the provinces, Namibia

and Zimbabwe descended on the town totake part in the competition.Waterberg Executive Mayor Tlotlanang

Mogotlane said during the opening eventthat she was grateful to the leadership ofSouth African Rugby for choosing theWaterberg District to host the premier jun-ior rugby event of the season.“The people of Waterberg are justifiably

Super moon graces skies

Justin Steyn

On Sunday 23 June the night sky wasdecorated by the glowing face of a SuperMoon. A Super Moon is the coincidenceof a full moon or new moon with the clos-est approach the Moon makes to theEarth on its elliptical orbit, resulting in thelargest apparent size of the lunar disk asseen from Earth.The technical name is the perigee-

syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.The term “Super Moon” is not astronomi-cal, but originated in modernastrology. The association of the Moon

The Super Moon of2013. Photo sup-plied

with both oceanic and crustal tides hasled to claims that the Super Moon phe-nomenon may be associated with in-creased risk of events such as earth-quakes and volcanic eruptions, but theevidence of such a link is widely held tobe unconvincing. Super Moons occurabout once every 14 full moons in a fullmoon cycle.The most recent Super Moon was re-

garded as the closest and largest full moonof the year and the Moon’s closest en-counter with Earth for all of 2013. It willnot be so close again until August 10,2014.

Constant dripping hollows out a stone. -Lucretius

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose—a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. -Mary Shelley

The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you wantto succeed in business—or almost anywhere else for that matter.- Lee Iacocca


TK Mashaba

In a surprising turn of events one of thetwo teams who have been waiting on anappeal decision to see who would cham-pion Steam B has ceded the match. Dy-nasty FC failed to honour a rematch or-dered by the Waterberg SAFA judge panel,with the result that Yster United will bethe team to face off against Total Surren-der and Ocean Birds in the cluster roundrobin.The Waterberg SAFA judge panel agreed

that the dispute between the two teams,now ongoing for several months, could besettled by a rematch, and set the date forthis match on the 25th.The trouble started when Dynasty, Yster

United, Mosesetjane All Stars and SimpleYellows arrived for a match at the samestadium on the same day due to a book-ing error. As none of the teams were will-ing to vacate the stadium, the matter went

Dynasty FC does not play match,Yster United is going through

before a Disciplinary Committee, who de-clared that the matches should be re-played. Mosesetjane All Stars and SimpleYellows agreed to play their match and didso, but one of the other teams appealedthe ruling, leading to a three-month wait.Jack Maluleke, SAFA Waterberg’s com-

petition manager, said this week that itwas high time the case was wrapped up.“This two team’s saga has been taking

long but we are glad that finally they willbe replaying after the judge’s decision,” hesaid on Monday.The two teams were both aiming to win

the Steam B competition, after which theywill be facing off against Bela Bela’s TotalSurrender (the Stream A champions) andLephalale’s Ocean Birds (Stream C win-ner) in the cluster round robin to see whowill be going to the provincial play-offs.The cluster round robin will be held on

Saturday, 6 July at Bela Bela’s MolotoStadium.

“This two team’s saga has been taking long butwe are glad that finally they will be replaying af-

ter the judge’s decision,...”

Sepobe UnitedBrothers FC andBashitwa FCplayers tackledeach other duringthe tournament.Photo supplied

Pro players grace Mogalakwenasoccer tournament

Lizzy Bapela

Kaizer Chiefs midfield-cum striker, LuckyBaloyi, and Bloemfontein Celtic attackingmidfielder, Jacky Motshegwa, graced asoccer tournament held in Mogalakwenarecently.William Manamela, who is manager to

local soccer team Bashitwa FC staged theTop 8 soccer tournament at his village,Tiberious on Saturday, 15 June. BothBaloyi and Motshegwa are fromMogalakwena.As South Africans countrywide com-

memorated the 37th anniversary of the1976 June 16 Soweto uprisings in differ-ent forms, soccer teams in the area bat-tled against each other in the tournament.Manamela said that soccer is the sport

that brings the rainbow nation together anddraws the youth away from drugs, alcoholabuse and criminal activities.Community members and local players

gave the duo a warm welcome and werevery excited to rub shoulders with them.The duo encouraged the local players to

work very hard and be disciplined.After the finalists’ match, Baloyi and

Motshegwa presented the gold medals anda trophy to the winners, Bashitwa FC; andsilver medals to the second place team,Sebope United Brothers.The home team, Bashitwa FC went home

smiling with R5 000 after defeating SebopeUnited Brothers 2-0. The runners-up re-ceived a consolation prize of R2 000, withplayer of the tournament, top goal scorerand man of the match receiving trophies.Amongst those attending the tournament

were former Ria Stars leading goal scorerand Kaizer Chiefs striker SydneyMoshikaro, and Mogalakwena MunicipalChief Operations Officer Hendrick Ngoepe.They were also presented the prizes to theteams.Ngoepe said that they are planning to

stage this tournament annually but withmore teams and sponsors participating. Headded that Mogalakwena mayor TlhalefiNashamaite and other councillors will bepart of the tournament and they will nameit Mayor’s Cup.

Seven from Waterberg selectedfor provincial U.21 soccer squad

bers of the 18-man squad, selected onSaturday, 15 June and Sunday, 16 Juneduring the first leg of the SAB Leaguetrial selections for the South AfricanNational under 21 Squad. The selectionwas announced at Tzaneen on Sunday,23 June.According to Refiloe Khoza from the

SAFA Regional Office, only SAB Leagueplayers were allowed to compete at theselections.“This is an annual national selection,

and we are happy about the selection,”she said.

TK Mashaba

Seven soccer players from theWaterberg district have been selectedfor the provincial team that will repre-sent Limpopo in Cape Town at the na-tional championship in July.The seven players are Magai Thabo,

Lehlogonolo Motau, Selamolela Tshepoand Maitsapo Thabiso from Modimolle,Modise Mpho from Bela Bela, MonamaTlotli from Mokopane and Moepe Dan-iel from Mookgophong.These players make up seven mem-

Selamolela’s lawyer absence atcourt postponed the case

both in court on Tuesday, 18 June, onlyto be told that the case would be post-poned because Selamolela’s lawyerwas ill.According to information brought be-

fore the court, Selamolela allegedly at-tempted to attend a SAFA meeting inJune last year to which he had not beeninvited. During the course of the meet-ing he allegedly became angry and as-saulted Maluleka. A table and other of-fice furnishings were allegedly brokenin the resulting scuffle.

TK Mashaba

The case against Lolo Selamolela, sec-ond division team Modimolle Acesowner, who is accused of trespassingat the SAFA offices and assaulting theRegional SAFA Cup Competition Man-ager Jack Maluleka, has been post-poned to 4 July 2013.Refiloe Khoza, who opened the case

of trespassing and malicious damageto property, and Jack Maluleka, whoaccused Selamolela of assault, were

Vikings basketball team ready forsecond game league

Vikings playerdefending the ballagainst a Vam-pires player duringfriendly games.Photo; TKMashaba

TK Mashaba

Bela Bela’s basketball team, the Vikings,say they are ready for their next game inMokopane in Saturday, 6 July.According to the coach, Sthethe Masoga,

his team will be looking better when theyplay this fixture. This comes after they wonwith a three-point lead against the Vam-pires of Mokopane, the Waterberg Basket-ball League’s current log leader.The Vampires made a better showing than

the Vikings overall in their last match, ap-pearing to be more organized, but the Vi-kings won in the end.

“We learned a lot of tactics and thesefriendly games have shown that we aregetting to the right direction,” said Masiga.Masoga admits that their next visit to

Mokopane will not be an easy game, asthey will be playing against the hosts, butsaid that he is not too worried as there willbe other teams playing away as well.Mokopane’s Vampires are still holding

down the top spot in the league, with Vi-kings in second, while Modimolle andLephalale in third and fourth respectively.Masoga said that the League is anxiouslyawaiting the advent of a team fromThabazimbi.

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