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Lizzy Bapela

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Learners threw desks from the secondfloor down to the ground during theirprotest. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The challenge we have now isaccommodation, and the learnersrefuse to be combined with their

neighbouring school so that lessonsmay proceed.

Learners at Mukhari Secondary School atMookgophong engaged in a go-slow fromWednesday, 20 January to Friday, 22January, complaining that their demandswere not being taken seriously. The learnersvoiced their demands during a meeting heldwith various stakeholders including thelocal circuit office and the EFF at theirschool on Wednesday, 20 January.The learners were demanding, among

other things, that the school should repairthe roofs of classrooms that had beendamaged by the wind in December. Theyalso demanded that more educators beappointed, as the educator shortage affectsand delays their progress, resulting inlearners failing their subjects.The learners also said that the schools

principal, Charles Hames, promised themwhen the schools reopened that theeducator shortage would be addressed. Heapparently told the learners that the numberof educators would be increased from 11 to17 before the end of the week, but thisdeadline had already passed, learners said.The learners abandoned their classes and

took to the streets in protest. Theyapparently resorted to violence in theprocess, and it is alleged that theyvandalized school property.They barricaded roads with burning tires

and then made their way to MakhutijishaHigh School where the protest continued. Itis also said that they threw old desks andchairs from the second floor to express theiranger.Meanwhile, the local EFF representative

and Ward 2 Chairperson, Jimmy Kekana,requested that the circuit manager DavidMasemene intervene. He said that theshortage of staff is a serious concern whichis affecting learners studies, and yet theprincipal has not taken any action. The EFFsay that they are concerned about theschool.

2 | 29 January, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaCRIME

Police launch investigationfollowing ANC meeting brawlThe police in Mookgophong areinvestigating several cases followingdisruptions at a Branch GeneralMeeting (BGM) held at the localcommunity Hall last Saturday, 23January.

The meeting was a build-up to the2016 municipal elections, wherebranch members nominate preferredcandidates to contest in theforthcoming local elections.

Police spokesperson WarrantOfficer George Ledwaba said theyare investigating cases of assaultwith intent to do grievous bodilyharm, attempted murder andmalicious damage to property.

According to the police

Mzamane Ringane spokesperson, two cases ofcommon assault have also beenopened.

Warrant Officer Ledwaba said noarrests have been made at thisstage, and further indicated thatinvestigations are underway.

He said one person washospitalised after sustaining seriousinjuries, while a few otherssustained minor injuries. A carbelonging to one of the locals wasreportedly damaged during thescuffle.

According to a source close to thesituation, it is alleged that a groupof people who did not approve ofthe meeting showed up at theMookgophong Community Hall,carrying weapons including pangasand started causing mayhem.

Solly Ndlovu couldface trial in March

The trial of alleged murdererSolly Ndlovu might take place inFebruary pending its currentinvestigation.Ndlovu has been accused of

murdering his 28-year-oldgirlfriend Nathalia Maphanga onSunday, 20 December atExtension 5 of Bela-Bela lastyear.It is believed that the couple

entered into a fight where bothparties ended up drawing knives.Maphanga succumbed to her

Justin Steyn

Taxi war escalates with more injuries and damages

Lizzy Bapela

Members of WATAand Ngobiassociations metto find a solutionto their routeproblem. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Three more taxis were damaged andat least one driver sustained seriousinjuries when he was assaulted duringthe taxi war between Ngobi TaxiAssociation and WATA on Friday, 22January. The two associations weremeeting at Cyferskuil to resolve theirdifferences about routes whenviolence erupted.

Members of the Ngobi TaxiAssociation threw stones at WATAmembers during the negotiations andWATA fled the scene. Taxis fromBela-Bela fled Cyferskuil one by one,

The violentmeeting resultedin more damages,leaving one driverseriously injured.Photo: LizzyBapela

avoiding more injuries.Ngobi and WATA agreed that Ngobi

would transport their passengers fromtheir area, North-West, to Limpopo,while WATA would do the same fromLimpopo. The process hit a snagwhen the parties began to discussRadium, which is in Limpopoalthough it is very close to Cyferskuil.Members of both associations stoodat barriers widely separated fromeach other, attempting to resolve thesituation amicably, but violence brokeout anyway.

The two taxi associations met withthe Bela-Bela Police on Monday, 25January at the local police station and

Alleged serial rapistawaits bail

Justin Steyn

From what I saw, it was prettyclear that the group came with anintention to disrupt the meeting.They just started chaos soon as themeeting was about to start. It lookedlike a scene in a movie. They werecarrying pangas that looked likethey were recently bought. It lookslike they were fully prepared forwar, said the source.The Beat attempted to contact the

ANC Waterberg Regional officewithout any success.ANC regional secretary Tolly

Mashamaites cellphone also rangunanswered, and a text messagefrom his cellphone number indicatedthat he was in a meeting.There was no response from the

regional secretary at the time ofgoing to press.

resolved that the arrangements shouldreturn to what they were before thisconflict while they seek a morepermanent solution.WATA spokesperson Israel Molusi

confirmed on Tuesday, 26 January,that things were continuing asthough the disruptions had neveroccurred.He also said that the matter is now

being handled at the national level,where both the associations met withtheir superior SANTAGO at theirhead offices in Pretoria.The meeting was intended to

discuss the problem at hand andchart a way forward.

An alleged serial rapist in Bela-Bela is currently awaiting thecourts decision on his bailapplication.The 47-year old man who may

not be named until he hasentered a plea, has been accusedof 11 charges of rape. He wasarrested by the Bela-Bela policeon Thursday 24 December. The

mans alleged victims are said tobe between the ages of 13 and33 and several cases of rape hadbeen opened against him over aperiod of six years.

He made his first courtappearance on Tuesday 5January where he sought bail.

Pending an investigationregarding the several cases adecision regarding the mansbail is expected to be finalizedby the end of this week.

wounds at the scene and Ndlovuwas taken to the Bela-BelaHospital to treat injuries to hisarms, neck, and chest.

Ndlovu made his first courtappearance at the Bela-BelaMagistrates court on Friday 8January. The case was postponedto Monday 11 January where hisrequest for bail was denied.

Ndlovu made another courtappearance on Monday 18January but this was postponedonce again to Friday 26 Februaryfor further investigation andwhere a trial date may beassigned.

Mamba makes himself athome in bathroom

Justin Steyn

A resident in Bela-Bela receiveda fright when a black mambadecided to make itselfcomfortable in her home.Charmaine Griessel said that

she discovered the massivesnake, about 1,75 m long, in herhouse on the way to thebathroom.I went to the toilet and

immediately saw the snakeslither inside, said the resident.She grabbed her phone and

stated that there was a snake inher house on an EmergencyWhatsapp Group.Cor Viljoen, a snake expert,

Cor Viljoen with ablack mamba,nearly two metreslong, which wasfound in a Bela-Bela home. Photo:Justin Steyn

responded to the request tocatch the intruder. Viljoen saidthat the mamba had probablybeen looking for a frog or amouse inside the building.

He also said that the fact thatthe snake was not noticed untilnightfall, is a sign that it hadbeen in the house for most ofthe day.

At this time of the year snakesare mostly looking for food orshelter. In this case the mambacould have been inside thehouse all afternoon.

The snake was apparently notaggressive, and Viljoen said thathe picked up the snake withouttrouble and released it into anearby field.

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4 | 29 January, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaGOVERNMENT / POLITICAL

School protest resultin learners vandalisingproperty continued from page 1Lizzy Bapela

Old schoolfurniture was leftabandonedoutside classes.Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Ashes from burnttires covered theroads following aprotest by angrylearners fromMukhariSecondary School.Photo:Lizzy Bapela

The learners fromMakhutjisha HighSchool were leftstranded andevacuated theschool yard afterprotests. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Bela-Bela municipal employee LoloRamabusha made another shockingdiscovery while on duty, when he found twoprematurely born babies abandoned at thesewerage near the entrance to the townshipon Tuesday, 26 January.At around 08:00 in the morning he came

upon the first baby. When he removed it, hesaw the second baby floating beside it.Ramabusha phoned the local police to

alert them about the incident.People from nearby flocked to the scene

as soon as they saw the police vehiclesarriving. Many expressed their shock and

Premature twin babies foundabandoned at sewerage

Lizzy Bapela blamed the mother for doing such a crueland heartless thing. The bystanderswondered why the mother of the babies feltthat she needed to abandon them.The BEAT consulted medical

professionals, who estimated the babies ataround seven months, or 30 weeksgestation, and said that they were twins. At30 weeks, babies are not able to breathe oreat on their own, and require seriousmedical intervention to survive. Theycannot even regulate their own bodytemperature without outside help. If themother gave birth alone, she may be in needof medical attention herself.The police could not be reached to

comment on the matter.

ANC election process turns violent

The ANC Branch General Meetings in Ward2 and 7 of the Bela-Bela Sub-Regionsuffered disruptions on Sunday, 24 January,when candidates contesting the wardsleadership positions were supposed to beelected. Ward 7s Councillor, John Sesana,and Bonini Malete were not able to find outwho had won the elections as the processwas allegedly disrupted by members ofMaletes camp.It was alleged that Maletes supporters

provoked their counterparts, as well asinnocent bystanders.The process was then postponed for the

second time, and is now scheduled to takeplace on Sunday, 31 January.

Lizzy BapelaMeanwhile Ward 2s Spando Maluleka

and Joseph Makhubelas election processwas also disrupted yet again, andpostponed. It is alleged that there was somecollusion to prevent current incumbentMaluleka from losing the election.Maluleka is said to be unpopular in herward, and allegations of incompetence haveplagued the area.Wards 3 and 5 saw the voting process

proceed apace. Ward 3s councilor, LetatoMpete, won the election against challengerJan Ledwaba, while Henrietta Ledwaba ofWard 5 ran unopposed.Several alleged bouncers who were

arrested for disrupting the elections inWards 2 and 7, were released after payingadmission of guilt fines. They are believedto have been hired to disrupt the elections.

Crowds stood bythe gates of theelection station asthe meeting isdisrupted. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Disruptive ANC members plagued the election process. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

IEC Bela-Bela has reached 4440 people

TK Mashaba

With the local government electionsunderway this year, the IEC at Bela-Bela, inpartnership with the Community PolicingForum (CPF), COPFADA, Simunye SunriseHospice and other local stakeholders,conducted stakeholder events on 22 Januaryat the Bela-Bela Community Hall.

According to information received fromMafangambiti Netshivhambe, the ElectoralProgramme Coordinator, stakeholders wereeducated on electoral systems and theregistration process.

This office has appointed threeDemocracy Education Facilitators who are

Communitymembers attendedthe stakeholderevent at thecommunity hall.Photo supplied

conducting voter education and registrationin our communities, she said. We startedin October 2015 and they have so farconducted 131 interventions, registered 409voters, and reached 441 people, she said.Due to the amalgamation of municipalitiesand the creation of new municipalities processes still not concluded the firstregistration weekend has been postponed to5 and 6 March 2016, the second registrationto 9 and 10 April, and elections will be heldbetween May and August 2016.

IEC Bela-Bela said in 2015 that the youthwas not registering in sufficient numbers forthe election, but the situation appears to beimproving, thanks in no small part to theefforts of the IEC.

Twin babies,believed to bepremature, werefound at thesewerage atBela-Bela.Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Management responded that they hadpromised to attend to the learners demands,and that they had called in the MEC forEducation, Ishmael Kgetjepe, to intervene.

Masemene told The BEAT that there are infact educators at the school, and said that hedoes not understand which educators thelearners are asking for. He said that they areconcerned about the fact that learners seemto expect everything to be done at once, andthat the parents seem to be supporting theirdecision to boycott classes.

The challenge we have now isaccommodation, and the learners refuse to

be combined with their neighbouring schoolso that lessons may proceed. We requestedmobile classes and assistance for mobileclasses from the Department, but that is aprocess which will take a long time tohappen, hence the suggestion of combiningschools, he said. The issue of boycottingclasses is becoming a serious concern now.The situation has turned violent andlearners and educators are now at risk, andschool is a place where they are expected tobe safe. They are destroying resources, andhow will lessons proceed without therelevant resources?

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Its happened all over the world. Aneed arises, and some enterprising soularranges to fill it. In short order, he isthe only person providing that service,leaving him free to set his own pricesand decide how to serve the customerswho are, after all, without otheroptions.It happened to Eskom, who now find

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after all, does not have load shedding.It happened to Telkom, who had a virtual

monopoly on the telecommunicationsindustry for years. Their level of servicedelivery gave them the popular nicknameHellkom. When cellphones burst uponthe scene, Telkom found themselvesfloundering, without the level of trust theyneeded to really make an impact on thescene. If most people could avoid dealingwith Telkom, even at slightly higher feesand even though they might still beindirectly depending on Telkom for theirservices, they leapt at the chance.

It will be interesting to see whether thesame thing happens on the transportationscene. Taxis were, for a long time, thecheapest option to get around in SouthAfrica. With no truly functional publictransportation system, taxi operators had avirtual monopoly and, since they got peoplewhere they were going, nobody reallycared.

The problem comes in when the taxioperators stop doing their jobs. Their jobs

involve getting people from Point A, toPoint B. School learners and employeeseverywhere depend on taxi operators to dotheir jobs. They depend on these people toget to school and work on time and whenthe taxi operators are late, or involved in astrike, or any of a million other things, thenthe learners and employees are the oneswho suffer. They are the ones who arereprimanded for being late becauseemployers and teachers get tired of hearingTaxi as an excuse for tardiness andabsenteeism.

The taxis fulfil a vital role in the fabric ofsociety. However, if they do not fulfil theirobligations get people where they aregoing on time then people will startlooking for alternatives.

If the general public ever realize that theyneed not be dependent on shiftless taxioperators, the taxi industry will collapse.

But perhaps, if taxi operators and theirsuperiors would stop worrying about pettyturf wars as though they were a crimesyndicate, that day may never come.

An injection needle which was found atone of the F.H Odendaal hospitalbathrooms, caused great unhappiness.Photo supplied

Evert Rossouw, a resident in Bela-Bela, wasshocked when he allegedly found an injectionneedle at one of the bathroom window sills atthe FH Odendaal Hospital in Modimolle.Rossouw told The BEAT that he went to the

hospital for a doctors appointment he hadorganized for his two-year-old daughter.He said he went to one of the hospitals

bathrooms where he saw this particularinjection needle.I went to one of the bathrooms and I noticed

an injection needle on one of the window sills.The needles cap was not attached and Inoticed a little bit of blood next to the needle,he said.Rossouw said that he reported the matter to

one of the nurses who apparently told him thatit is not her problem and there is nothing thatshe can do.After this, Rossouw said he reported this to a

matron and the needle was removed.He believes that such negligence could cost a

life or that a serious disease could betransmitted via the injection needle.I was very upset when I was told that a

dangerous piece of equipment, which waslying around due to negligence was not anurses problem, he said.A child could have possibly gotten the needle

in their hands and injure himself or prickhimself and get an infection due to the needlenot being sterilized, said Rossouw.F.H Odendaals quality assurance coordinator

Mmathaha Molebatsi said that an investigationwill be conducted and feedback will be givenwithin 25 working days. He added that thehospital can not issue any official press release.

Hospitalaccused ofnegligence afterneedle discovery

No Water at Laerskool Melkrivier for monthsMarlene Vermaak

A school with nearly 150 learners has beenwithout water since November 2015. LaerskoolMelkrivier between Vaalwater and Makenspumps and electricity are out of order and theschool cannot afford to repair the damage.Monetary help from the government is thin on

the ground and we are always behind withpayments, one of the teachers said. The schoolonly has electricity in the office, which providespower to a computer and a copier.The amount of money which is paid to

schools from the Department, and which isintended to cover the schools running costs, hasbeen drastically lowered in the last few years.Melkrivier received only R40 000 in 2015. Thismoney is only enough for the school principalstransport to compulsory functions, paper, andink for the photocopier, and what is left overgoes to electricity, the teacher explained.An electrician was sent to the school to quote

for the repairs of the pumps, the power supplyand the water problem. The school wasapparently given a quotation of R8 298.The school is well aware that they cannot keep

going forever with no water. They want to repairthe problem and would appreciate any help, saidthe teacher.Readers who would like to help can contact

Pieter van der Westhuizen at 082 701 7344.

Laerskool Melkrivier has been withoutwater since November 2015. The schoolapparently does not have enough moneyto repair the electricity and the waterpumps. Photo supplied

Learners from Laerskool Melkrivierstand in line for mugs of water afteronly a few barrels of drinking water wasdelivered to the school. Photo supplied

Justin Steyn

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Modimolle Municipality deniessuspension of Municipal Manager

Modimolles Municipalspokesperson Patrick Shika toldThe BEAT on Tuesday, 26January, that they arecompletely unaware of thesuspension of the MunicipalManager, Sam Bambo.Shikas comments follow on

reports in The BEATs sister

TK Mashaba

ModimolleMunicipalmanager SamBambo is said tobe working andwith no relation toany suspensioncase. Photo:TK Mashaba

with suspended financialaccountant Guilty Marema, andtheir cases are expected toresume this year.

Shika also said that if there isanything to the allegationsregarding Bambo, he wouldcomment on the situation. Fornow, however, he maintains thatall is well in the ModimolleMunicipality.

newspaper, The Post, thatBambo has been suspended.

Bambo was apparently accusedof ignoring Council decisions,among other things. He wasallegedly given seven days toexplain why he should not bedismissed. Molopo Namate, themanager of Social andCommunity Services, was saidto be filling in his position.

The Municipal Manager is

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Notice is hereby giventhat, in terms of Clause21 of the Bela BelaLand-Use Scheme 2008,I/we, the undersigned,intend applying to theBela Bela Municipalityfor Special Consent toestablish a Nurseryschool on Erf 37 zonedResidential, situatedat 43 Reitz Street, BelaBela.Plans and/or particularsrelating to theapplication may beinspected during officehours at 43 ReitzStreet, Bela Bela or atthe offices of theManager: Planning andDevelopment, Bela BelaMunicipality, ChrisHani Drive, Bela Bela.Any person having anyobjections to thegranting of thisapplication must lodgesuch objection togetherwith the groundstherefor in writing,with both the Manager:Planning andDevelopment, Bela BelaMunicipality and theundersigned not laterthan the 30th ofNovember 2015.Applicants details:Full name: ALAN &CHRISTINE KANEAddress: 43 ReitzStreetTel: (Home) 079 5020767Tel: (Work) 079 9003995. (22&29/1).

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working as we speak, and weknow nothing about hissuspension, said Shika. Idont know where the DA isgetting their information from.Modimolle Municipality has,

in the past few months, beenhaunted by allegations ofmaladministration. Chief WhipGrace Mashitisho wasimplicated in a fraud case along

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| 729 January, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za CHARITY / ENTERTAINMENT / SCHOOL

Menyatso Funeral Parlour held an award ceremony to honour their long serviceworkers and customers at the Diensentrum Hall in Bela-Bela on Saturday, 16January. All attendees were treated to a gala event and some entertainmentafterwards. The company started in 2003 and is now a group of six companiesregistered under Menyatso Multi Projects. They have created more than 75 jobsand are still expanding to more business enterprises. The owner, Menyatso GeorgeKorobele, who started showing the signs of a businessman while still in school, wasdescribed as a giving and caring person who always ensures the best interest of hisemployees and customers. He has strived and succeeded years of challenges andhighlights with the help of his two wives Shirley and Lerato, together with hischildren. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The companys longest serving employee Dimakatso Letswalo received a brand newcar as a token of appreciation for his commitment and selflessness in his job. Hecried tears of joy when he opened his gift pack to see what was inside. Letswalo issaid to have worked these long years without being absent, late or complaining.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Co-CEO of the Menyatso Group of Companies and wife to owner Shirley Korobele,Waterberg Traffic Chief Simon Kekana aka Royal-man and company ownerMenyatso Korobele toasted to great achievements during the gala event. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Home-schooling -the best option?

The first comprehensive study comparingonline home schooling with traditionalclassroom education recently published itsfindings.

Parents considering online education fortheir child need to take note of thesefindings.

The internet has changed our lives in somany ways how we communicate, howwe shop, even how we fall in love. It seemsobvious that it is going to impact how weeducate our children as well. In fact, acrossthe world an increasing number of parentshave been choosing online learning for theirchildren. But is online school actuallybetter than the traditional bricks and mortarmodel? asked Dr Phillip Calcott, Oxfordgraduate and well known specialist ineducating circles at Vaalwater.

As with many things in life one canguess or one can collect andscientifically analyse relevant data. We arefortunate that three of the worlds topeducational research institutions produced acomprehensive analyses comparing onlinehome schooling to traditional schooling,Calcott explained.

Stanford Universitys Centre for Researchon Educational Outcomes (CREDO), TheMathematical Policy Research Institute, andthe University of Washingtons Centre ofReinventing Public Education (CRPE),pooled resources to research this subject.

This extensive study involved theperformance of a group of more than 9million learners (including 163 000 onlinehome schoolers) over a period of five years.Great care was taken to match online usersto similar learners in the traditional schoolenvironment to maximize effectivecomparisons, said Calcott.

The study was funded by the WaltonFamily Foundation, a strong funder ofonline schools. If there was any funding

Marlene Vermaak bias one would expect it to be towardsonline education.The study involved comparing online

education with US state education. Theproblems facing the state sector in the USare well known, and maybe one shouldconsider these results to be a comparisonbetween online education and a ratherunderperforming form of traditionaleducation, Calcott said.

The results are actually staggering. In thekey areas of reading and mathematics,online learners massively underperformedin comparison to learners attendingtraditional schools. The performance gap inreading was equivalent to missing 72learning days a year. In mathematics thegap was equivalent to missing 180 learningdays per year. These are huge discrepanciesand indicate that, as structured at present,online education is dramatically failinglearners, an amazed Calcott interpretedthese results.

The National Alliance for Public CharterSchools, a major sponsor for onlineeducation in the US, concluded that it wasdisheartened at the large scaleunderperformance.

The authors of the study identified thedifficulty of keeping online learnersfocused on their work as the biggest factorcausing the problem. It seems that eventhough online learners had access to onlinetutors, it simply did not compensate for theloss of the good old-fashioned educatorstanding in front of the class. Parental inputseems unable to fill this gap, Calcott said.

Calcott concluded that educators clearlyare crucial to the learning process.Educators, take a bow, it seems you arenot going to be replaced by computers yet,Calcott said smiling.While it is wrong to say that onlineeducation should never be an option, itseems clear that in the crucial area ofacademic performance, online education isnot yet up to speed, Calcott concluded.

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In the key areas of reading andmathematics, online learnersmassively underperformed incomparison to learners attendingtraditional schools.Photo as illustration

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Bela-Belas Total surrender has finallysurrendered their hope of the SAB Leaguechampionship this season.

Since the league has kicked off TotalSurrender has played no games, and TheBEAT spoke to the team owner JohnMthunzini.

My team has not done well in the pastyears, he said. This season I told myselfthat we are going to take a break and notplay.

He also said that if some of the playerswanted to play, he would not stand in their

Total Surrender takes abreak from SAB League

TK Mashaba

Donnie Alberts,Sam Modise andBalko Mkharasome of the keyplayers whosedeparture leftSurrenderparalyzed.Photo:TK Mashaba

way.Only a few of Total Surrenders players

are currently training, so it remains to beseen what the teams future holds.

Surrender had a bad season last year,between their coach and several key playerssuch as Donnie Alberts, Sam Modise, andBalko Mokhara, who now play for thestruggling Terrors FC.

Before the season closed, Mthunzini saidthat the team was looking forward togetting new players, saying that he wasdone with older players who lackdiscipline and dedication.

SAFAs regional office refused tocomment on the matter.

Terrors celebrates firstwin of the season

TK Mashaba

Terrors FC coach Nno ThwaxPholoba is a relieved man afterhis team collected a maximum ofthree points by beating GiyaniHotspors 2-1 in an away game inGiyani on Saturday, 23 January.

The team now has four pointsin their bag ahead of othergames. Pholobas skill was testedover the past eleven games with nine wins and one tie beforethis match, and fans blaming himfor the failures, his job was onthe line.

SAB Regional League goal avalanche

Mzamane Ringane

At least a total of 35 goals were scored inthe Stream A of the Waterberg SABRegional League between Saturday andSunday last weekend.The highest score recorded on Saturday, 23January, when Flamingo FC defeated CelticFC 4-2.Flamingo FC continued to score more

goals when they beat NTK Happy Boys 4-3on Sunday 24, January.Modimolle Home Defenders FC were held

to a 2-all draw when they hosted Diesel NDust FC of Bela Bela.Diesel N Dust FC returned with a big win

on Sunday when they beat visitorsModimolle Young Pirates 4-1.Bela Bela Pirates FC defeated Modimolle

Bussel FC 2-0 on Saturday, and played to a

0-all stalemate when they hosted home-boys Happy Hearts the next day.Happy Hearts FC of Bela Bela beat

Mabatlanes Boys 2 Men 2-1 on Saturday.It was not a good weekend for Boys 2

Men FC, as they continued to draw 0-allwith Modimolle Troublemakers on Sunday.Troublemakers did not win any of their

league matches this past weekend, as theyalso played 1-all with Modimolle All Starson Saturday.Modimolle All Stars locked horns with

Rapotokwanes Qualitho FC in anoutstanding match on Sunday, and the twoteams were level-pegging with a 1-allscore at the blow of a final whistle.However, Qualitho FC managed to

collect three points the previous Saturday,after beating NTK Happy Boys 2-0.This coming Saturday, Modimolle

Troublemakers will host local opponentsCeltic FC at Ephraim Mogale Stadium,with NTK Happy Boys FC welcomingHappy Hearts FC at the Happy BoysGround.Diesel N Dust FC will welcome Qualitho

FC at Sunfa Stadium, while Bussel FC wasscheduled to do battle with Modimolle AllStars at Ephraim Mogale Stadium.Young Pirates FC will face a tough test

when they visit the high-riding FlamingoFC at Lekkerbreek Ground.Ninth-placed Bela Bela Pirates FC will

visit tail-enders KK United FC atMasakhane Ground.

Qualitho FC and Modimolle All Stars inaction. Photo: Mzamane Ringane

New SAB team Flamingo FC confidentfollowing victorious weekend

Mzamane Ringane

Nno Pholoba is now safeafter their team beat Giyani

Hotspurs 2-1 on Saturday.Photo: TK Mashaba

Terrors FC finally got theirfirst win of the season. Photo:TK Mashaba

The team owner SpekeManamela told The BEAT thathe did not want to say too muchabout the coach.

I have not given up on myteam and anything can happenbut I am glad about theirperformance during the awaygame.

Terrors will meet with MightyFC at Sunfa, which is alsoexpected to be a tough matchand will decide who escapes therelegation zone.

Terrors still has a chance toescape relegation if they win alltheir remaining games.

Newly promoted Waterberg SABRegional League campaignersFlamingo FC are oozing withconfidence, following their twosuccessive wins this past weekend.Flamingo FC scored a total of eight

goals last weekend when they playedagainst their local opponents Celtic FCand NTK Happy Boys last weekend.The team walloped Celtic FC 4-2 on

Saturday 23 January and continuedtheir winning spree when they defeatedNTK Happy Boys 4-3 on Saturday 24January.Flamingo FC defender Hendrick

Shadung said their weekendperformance will boost theirconfidence, and it will certainly helpthem to stay focused throughout theseason.We want to make

sure that by the end ofthe season we are inthe top four on theleague log. We onlyhave about sevenhave SAB Leagueexperience, the restare from thepromotional league.We didnt makemajor changes to oursquad, Shadungsaid.Shadung said they

will approach theirnext league encounterwith an aim to win,but then furtherindicated that theywill not undermine

their opponent.Co-director Hluphi Lehong was also

excited about his teams performancein the league.We are still new in the SAB League,

but we are already doing well. I amhappy that we have already beaten bigname in the league. I do not want topresume that we are going to win theleague as it is still early. Anything ispossible in this game. I am proud ofthe boys, they are doing a great job asa collective, said.Lehong also commended Daniel

Ramaselela who is also known asMowape by fellow teammates, forscoring no less than goals in the fivematches that they have played so far.He is also said praised team director

Andries Lekalakala for playing a majorrole in building Flamingo FC brand.Lehong said if it was not for the likes

of Lekalakala, Flamingo FC would nothave been able to achieve what it hasachieved so far.He said Flamingo FC will be going

all out this weekend when they hostYoung Pirates FC, in attempt tocement their position at the top of theleague log.

I am proud of the boys, they aredoing a great job. Photo asillustration