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Lizzy

Bap

ela

Lim

popo

Pre

mie

r Cas

sel M

atha

le d

eliv

ered

an a

ddre

ss d

urin

g th

e C

hina

-Afri

ca C

o-O

p-er

atio

n Fo

rum

hel

d in

Chi

na.

The

even

t was

hel

d at

Zhe

ngzh

ou, H

enan

Prov

ince

on

Sund

ay, 1

9 M

ay. T

he V

ice C

hair-

man

of t

he C

omm

unis

t Par

ty o

f Chi

na —

Hen

an C

omm

ittee

mem

ber Z

hang

Da

Wei

,Vi

ce C

hairm

an o

f the

Chi

na C

ounc

il for

the

Prom

otio

n of

Inte

rnat

iona

l Tra

de (C

CPI

T) in

the

Econ

omic

Info

rmat

ion

Dep

artm

ents

Jia

Hua

i, del

egat

ions

from

Sou

th A

frica

and

the

Afric

an C

ontin

ent a

ttend

ed th

e ev

ent.

In h

is a

ddre

ss, M

atha

le sa

id th

at h

isto

rians

cont

inue

to u

ncov

er e

vide

nce

that

the

con-

tact

bet

wee

n Afri

ca a

nd C

hina

pre

date

s writ

-te

n re

cord

s, a

nd s

aid

the

Peop

le’s

Rep

ublic

of C

hina

rem

aine

d st

eadf

ast in

its o

ppos

ition

to a

parth

eid

until

the

first

free

and

dem

ocra

ticel

ectio

n w

as h

eld

in S

outh

Afri

ca in

199

4.“O

ur b

ilate

ral r

elat

ions

wer

e fo

rmal

ly es

tab-

lishe

d in

199

8, w

hen

Pre

side

nt N

elso

nM

ande

la c

o-si

gned

the

Agre

emen

t of t

heEs

tabl

ishm

ent o

f Dip

lom

atic

Rel

atio

ns b

e-tw

een

Sout

h Af

rica

and

Chi

na. S

ince

then

,re

latio

ns h

ave

gone

from

stre

ngth

to st

reng

th,

star

ting

from

a P

artn

ersh

ip to

a S

trate

gic

Partn

ersh

ip a

nd to

the

pres

ent C

ompr

ehen

-siv

e St

rate

gic P

artn

ersh

ip th

at w

e no

w e

njoy

.Th

e co

mm

on ch

alle

nges

of p

over

ty, u

nem

-pl

oym

ent a

nd in

equa

lity fa

ced

by o

ur p

eopl

eis

wha

t brin

gs u

s to

geth

er. W

e vi

ew C

hina

’ssu

cces

s as a

sour

ce o

f hop

e an

d in

spira

tion

as w

e en

gage

with

the

task

of fi

ndin

g ou

r ow

nso

lutio

ns fo

r brin

ging

abo

ut a

bet

ter f

utur

e,”

he s

aid.

He

said

that

201

3 m

arks

Sou

th A

frica

and

Chi

na’s

15-y

ear c

eleb

ratio

n of

dip

lom

atic

re-

latio

ns a

nd o

ver t

his

perio

d th

e re

latio

nshi

pha

s gon

e fro

m st

reng

th to

stre

ngth

, dee

pen-

ing

to th

e po

int w

here

Chi

na h

as b

ecom

e a

stra

tegi

c par

tner

to S

outh

Afri

ca. H

e al

so sa

idth

at th

e re

cent

BR

ICS

sum

mit w

hich

was

hel

din

Dur

ban

durin

g M

arch

this

yea

r is

a r

e-m

inde

r tha

t it w

as C

hina

that

nom

inat

ed S

outh

Afric

a to

join

the

grou

p.H

e ad

ded

that

Chi

na is

Sou

th A

frica

’s bi

g-ge

st tr

adin

g pa

rtner

and

a si

gnific

ant in

vest

orin

the

Sout

h Afri

can

econ

omy.

In 2

012,

exp

orts

from

Sou

th A

frica

to C

hina

Prem

ier M

atha

le v

isit

s Ch

ina

amou

nted

to R

89 b

illion

, whi

le im

ports

from

Chi

na to

Sou

th A

frica

tota

lled

R11

2 Bi

llion.

The

tota

l trad

e st

ood

at 2

01 b

illion

Ran

d, a

c-co

rdin

g to

figur

es fr

om th

e SA

Rev

enue

Ser

v-ic

e. A co

re o

bjec

tive

of S

outh

Afri

can

parti

cipa

-tio

n in

the

even

t, ac

cord

ing

to M

atha

le, i

s to

faci

litate

doi

ng b

usin

ess

betw

een

Lim

popo

and

Hen

an s

o th

at w

e ca

n fu

rther

pro

mot

etra

de a

nd in

vest

men

t bet

wee

n ou

r tw

o pr

ov-

ince

s.“T

here

are

man

y goo

d re

ason

s for

Chi

nese

com

pani

es to

set

up

man

ufac

turin

g en

ter-

pris

es a

nd o

ther

bus

ines

s op

erat

ions

in th

eLi

mpo

po P

rovin

ce,”

said

Mat

hale

.H

e in

dica

ted

that

Lim

popo

is o

ne o

f the

mos

tdi

vers

e an

d fa

stes

t-gro

win

g pr

ovin

ces

inSo

uth

Afric

a an

d it i

s th

e ec

onom

ic g

atew

ayto

Afri

ca, S

ub-S

ahar

an a

nd S

ADC

mar

kets

.H

e sai

d the

re ar

e sev

eral

drive

rs of

econ

omic

grow

th in

the

prov

ince

incl

udin

g th

e bo

om in

min

eral

pro

duct

s w

hich

incl

ude

ther

mal

and

coki

ng c

oal,

iron

ore,

chr

ome

and

Plat

inum

Gro

up M

etal

s. M

atha

le’s

asse

ssm

ent is

that

ther

e is

a n

ew ty

pe o

f stra

tegi

c pa

rtner

ship

that

has d

evel

oped

in A

frica

follo

win

g a nu

mbe

rof

sum

mits

hel

d be

twee

n C

hina

and

Afri

can

coun

tries

the

plan

is b

ased

on

prag

mat

ic co

-op

erat

ion,

equ

ality

and

mut

ual b

enef

it. H

esa

id th

e ou

tcom

e of

this

plan

inclu

des a

mon

got

hers

, set

ting u

p a C

hina

-Afri

ca D

evel

opm

ent

Fund

and

enc

oura

ging

Chi

nese

com

pani

esto

inve

st in

Afri

ca.

In a

ssist

ing A

frica

to o

verc

ome

its o

wn

chal

-le

nges

of in

effe

ctive

eco

nom

ic in

frast

ruct

ure

to b

ecom

e a

hub

of in

vest

men

t and

trad

e,C

hina

stre

ngth

ens a

nd d

iver

sifie

s the

indu

s-tri

al b

ase

of th

e co

ntin

ent.

The

crea

tion

of a

larg

er m

arke

t thro

ugho

ut A

frica

will

help

tran

s-fo

rm th

e co

ntin

ent,

and

pove

rty, h

unge

r and

dise

ase

will

be re

plac

ed b

y sou

nd e

cono

mic

deve

lopm

ent.

“As t

he L

impo

po P

rovin

ce w

e ha

ve a

cond

u-civ

e cli

mat

e fo

r inv

estm

ent a

nd in

dust

rial m

i-gr

atio

n as

out

lined

by t

he G

over

nor d

urin

g th

esu

mm

it at t

he C

entra

l Chi

na E

xpo,

” he

said

.M

atha

le c

oncl

uded

by

invi

ting

all in

vest

ors

to ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of t

he o

ppor

tuni

ties

that

are

on o

ffer in

the

prov

ince

, say

ing

that

“wor

k-in

g to

geth

er w

e ca

n do

mor

e to

ach

ieve

eco

-no

mic

pros

perit

y”.

Liz

zy B

apel

a

Mem

bers

of t

he c

omm

unity

are

adv

ised

not

to g

ive

any

pers

onal

info

rmat

ion

such

as

IDnu

mbe

rs, a

nd p

hysi

cal a

ddre

sses

and

ban

kac

coun

ts o

ver t

he p

hone

for a

ny re

ason

.Th

e po

lice

have

lear

nt th

at th

ere

are

crim

i-na

ls c

allin

g un

susp

ectin

g pe

ople

and

im-

pers

onat

ing

bank

offi

cial

s an

d em

ploy

ees

of fu

rnitu

re s

tore

s.P

olic

e sp

okes

pers

on C

onst

able

Gle

nM

anam

ela

said

peo

ple

end

up lo

sing

thei

rsa

ving

s or

pay

ing

for a

ccou

nts

they

did

not

open

bec

ause

of t

hese

crim

inal

s.M

anam

ela

agai

n ad

vise

d pe

ople

not

to b

e-lie

ve ca

lls n

otify

ing

them

that

they

hav

e w

onan

ythi

ng if

they

did

not

ent

er a

ny c

ompe

ti-tio

ns. P

erpe

trato

rs w

ill of

ten

ask

for

per-

Polic

e st

atistic

s fo

r the

mon

th o

f May

for r

epai

ring

poth

oles

at Z

war

tklo

of. T

heco

mm

unity

of

Zwar

tklo

of a

re s

till

conc

erne

d ab

out t

he lo

ng g

rass

at t

heR

101

road

en

rout

e to

Set

tlers

.“T

he ro

ad a

t the

R10

1 ha

s not

yet b

een

cut

and

this

cou

ld r

isk

acci

dent

s or

ambu

shes

on

stat

iona

ry v

ehic

les”

sai

don

e re

side

nt.

Em

erge

ncy

Med

ical

Ser

vice

s (E

MS

)st

ated

thei

r con

cern

abo

ut K

rom

draa

iw

here

dire

ctio

n bo

ards

are

rep

orte

dab

sent

and

thi

s m

akes

it d

iffic

ult

for

emer

genc

y pe

rson

nel t

o as

sist

in c

all

outs

to

the

area

. W

arra

nt O

ffice

rM

alul

eka

has

offe

red

to p

rovi

de E

MS

with

map

s of

the

area

.Pi

et B

urge

r, ow

ner o

f Gal

ven

Secu

rity,

has

show

n co

ncer

n ab

out

rece

ntho

useb

reak

ings

in th

e ce

ntra

l bus

ines

sdi

stric

t (C

BD

) of

Bel

a B

ela.

Bur

ger

men

tione

d th

at tw

o of

his

pat

rol v

ehic

les

have

bee

n po

sted

for

vis

ibili

ty w

hile

anot

her

tend

s to

ala

rms.

Gal

ven

resp

onse

uni

ts h

ave

also

rep

orte

dse

eing

a b

lue

GP-

regi

ster

ed M

itsub

ishi

Paje

ro o

n da

ys th

at b

reak

-ins h

ave

been

repo

rted.

Bel

a B

ela

polic

e ha

ve n

oted

that

they

are

inve

stig

atin

g cr

imes

whi

char

e lin

ked

with

the

vehi

cle.

Col

. C

orné

Hom

ann

than

ked

all

parti

es fo

r atte

ndin

g th

e C

PF m

eetin

gs.

The

ne

xt

mee

ting

will

be

on

Wed

nesd

ay 2

6 Ju

ne.

Jus

tin S

teyn

The

loca

l co

mm

unity

pol

ice

foru

m(C

PF)

hel

d th

eir

mon

thly

mee

ting

onW

edne

sday

29

May

.A

mat

ter t

hat a

rose

from

the

prev

ious

mee

ting

was

tha

t th

e fe

nce

atTo

woo

mba

has

not

yet

bee

n fix

ed a

ndca

ttle

are

repo

rtedl

y ro

amin

g th

e ro

adris

king

acc

iden

ts.

Traf

fic o

ffici

al M

rsR

atha

ko v

olun

teer

ed to

follo

w u

p on

the

issu

e.Th

e Tr

affic

Dep

artm

ent h

ad n

o is

sues

to r

epor

t an

d th

anks

mot

oris

ts f

orob

eyin

g th

e la

w a

nd p

ayin

g ou

tsta

ndin

gfin

es.

Polic

e re

porte

d th

at c

omm

on ro

bber

y,bu

rgla

ry, p

rope

rty cr

imes

and

frau

d ha

vebe

en o

n th

e in

crea

se a

nd th

at th

ere

are

still

repo

rts o

f cop

per p

ipe

and

wat

erpu

mp

thef

t. H

owev

er p

olic

e, h

ave

note

dde

crea

ses

in c

rimes

suc

h as

dru

gtra

ffick

ing

and

poss

essi

on o

f st

olen

good

s w

ith m

any

arre

sts

achi

eved

.Th

e D

epar

tmen

t of R

oads

and

Tra

ffic

repo

rted

that

the

road

mar

ks a

nd s

top

sign

s at

Kle

in K

arib

a ha

ve b

een

fixed

.Th

e de

partm

ent a

dded

that

they

are

curre

ntly

fixi

ng th

e po

thol

es in

the

area

and

aske

d th

at t

he c

omm

unity

be

patie

nt a

s th

ey a

re o

nly

usin

g on

em

achi

ne to

repa

ir da

mag

ed ro

ads.

The

depa

rtmen

t has

also

bee

n th

anke

d

Publ

ic s

ervi

ce a

nnou

ncem

ent

sona

l inf

orm

atio

n fro

m th

e vi

ctim

s an

d be

long

gon

e by

the

time

the

vict

ims

real

ise

they

hav

e be

en c

onne

d.So

me

peop

le r

ecei

ve e

mai

ls,

SMSs

or

mai

ls in

form

ing

them

that

they

hav

e w

onm

oney

, car

s, h

ouse

s or

hol

iday

vou

cher

san

d th

ey h

ave

to d

epos

it an

am

ount

of

mon

ey to

rece

ive

thei

r win

ning

s.M

anam

ela

furth

er s

aid

the

polic

e ha

vebe

en re

ceiv

ing

com

plai

nts

from

peo

ple

be-

ing

defra

uded

of t

heir

hard

ear

ned

mon

eyby

uns

crup

ulou

s co

nmen

.Sh

e ur

ged

mem

bers

of t

he p

ublic

to b

eca

refu

l whe

n ta

lkin

g to

stra

nger

s es

peci

ally

if th

ey h

ave

thei

r ID

boo

ks, b

ank

card

s, c

ell

phon

es o

r cas

h in

thei

r pos

sess

ion

sinc

eth

e su

spec

ts tr

ick

the

vict

ims

into

giv

ing

thos

e ite

ms

away

.

TK M

asha

ba

Six

min

ors

impl

icat

ed in

the

mur

der o

f the

Keka

na ch

ildre

n at

Nab

oom

spru

it in

Augu

stla

st y

ear a

re e

xpec

ted

back

in c

ourt

on 2

4an

d 25

Jun

e.Th

e si

x ch

ildre

n, a

ll bet

wee

n th

e ag

es o

f12

and

14,

who

se n

ames

are

bei

ngw

ithhe

ld fo

r saf

ety

reas

ons,

wer

e ar

rest

edin

Nov

embe

r las

t yea

r, an

d Th

e BE

AT w

asto

ld b

y W

arra

nt O

ffice

r Geo

rge

Ledw

aba

that

the

child

ren

will

be

appe

arin

g in

the

Mok

opan

e R

egio

nal C

ourt

this

mon

th.

The

child

ren

are

accu

sed

of th

e m

urde

rof

9-y

ear-

old

Baf

ana

Kek

ana,

his

bro

ther

Six

min

ors

accu

sed

of m

urde

r on

tria

lH

osea

, 10,

and

thei

r cou

sin

Joha

nna,

12,

in A

ugus

t las

t yea

r.Th

e Ke

kana

chi

ldre

n w

ere

repo

rted

mis

s-in

g w

hen

they

faile

d to

retu

rn to

the

Mon

tadi

Yout

h C

are

Cen

tre, w

here

they

had

bee

nst

ayin

g, a

fter a

com

mun

ity m

arch

to d

e-m

and

mor

e te

ache

rs a

t Dik

ubu

Prim

ary

Sch

ool,

whe

re th

e ch

ildre

n w

ere

pupi

ls.

Afte

r sev

eral

hou

rs o

f sea

rchi

ng th

ey w

ere

foun

d be

twee

n 9th

Stre

et a

nd C

onst

antia

Res

ort.

The

child

ren

had

been

sto

ned

tode

ath

and

with

thei

r han

ds a

nd fe

et ti

edw

ith s

hoel

aces

. R

epor

ts i

ndic

ated

tha

tJo

hann

a K

ekan

a ha

d be

en s

exua

lly a

s-sa

ulte

d an

d th

e bo

ys s

trang

led.

Polic

e ad

dres

s rh

ino

poac

hing

issu

es J

ustin

Ste

yn

Bel

a B

ela

Pol

ice

addr

esse

d is

sues

conc

erni

ng rh

ino

poac

hing

on

Wed

nesd

ay29

May

. War

rant

offi

cer J

ohan

Mom

berg

,sp

oke

abou

t a rh

ino

that

has

bee

n ki

lled

at a

farm

in L

angk

uil.

The

owne

r of t

he fa

rm, w

ho a

sked

not

tobe

iden

tifie

d, h

as r

eque

sted

incr

ease

dse

curit

y m

easu

res

on t

he f

arm

. A

nti

poac

hing

com

pany

, Pro

-Tra

ck, h

as s

ince

step

ped

in. P

ro-T

rack

has

als

o re

porte

dth

at t

hey

are

plan

ning

to

impl

emen

t an

oper

atio

nal r

oom

at t

heir

base

whi

ch w

illim

prov

e th

eir

chan

ces

of g

athe

ring

info

rmat

ion

and

iden

tifyi

ng h

ot s

pots

. Pro

-T

rack

will

als

o ha

ve a

n op

erat

ions

helic

opte

r,

spon

sore

d by

A

NG

LO

PLA

TIN

UM

, whi

ch w

ill s

erve

on

scou

ting

oper

atio

ns a

nd w

ill b

e st

atio

ned

inM

abal

ingw

e.P

hala

Pha

la W

ildlif

e m

ade

men

tion

oftw

o un

iden

tifie

d he

licop

ters

tha

t w

ere

seen

fly

ing

low

in

thei

r ar

ea.

Thes

ehe

licop

ters

are

sai

d to

hav

e no

ser

ial

num

bers

and

this

is w

orry

ing

to th

ose

at P

hala

Pha

la. M

ombe

rg a

dvis

ed th

atan

y in

cide

nts

like

that

sho

uld

be re

porte

dim

med

iate

ly w

here

upon

pol

ice

will

not

ifyth

eir a

ir-w

ing

unit.

“We

stro

ngly

adv

ise

the

com

mun

ity to

eith

er

take

ph

otos

of

ai

rcra

fts,

part

icul

arly

he

licop

ters

, us

ed

insu

spic

ious

act

iviti

es o

r to

notif

y ou

r air-

win

g un

it w

ho w

ill s

end

out a

hel

icop

ter

to a

ssis

t” s

aid

Mom

berg

.

Not

hing

con

trib

utes

so

muc

h to

tran

quili

ze th

e m

ind

as a

ste

ady

purp

ose—

a po

int on

whi

ch the

sou

l may

fix

its

inte

llect

ual e

ye. -

Mar

y She

lley

With

out in

spira

tion

the

best

pow

ers

of the

min

d re

mai

n do

rman

t. T

here

is a

fuel

in u

s w

hich

nee

ds to

be

igni

ted

with

spa

rks.

Joha

nn G

ottf

ried

Von

Her

der

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T

Pag

e 3

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, 201

3

Lizzy

Bap

ela

The

Dep

artm

ent o

f Cor

pora

te G

over

nanc

e,H

uman

Set

tlem

ent a

nd T

radi

tiona

l Affa

irs(C

oGH

STA)

in L

impo

po h

as a

lread

y sta

rted

with

pre

para

tions

for t

he in

itiatio

n se

ason

inth

e pr

ovin

ce.

The

depa

rtmen

t’ spo

kesp

erso

n Ts

eng

Dia

lesa

id th

e in

itiatio

n sc

hool

s in

the

prov

ince

are

sche

dule

d to

com

men

ce o

n Fr

iday

14

June

2013

and

end

on

July

the

13th.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly, b

efor

e th

e se

ason

coul

d ev

enst

art o

ffici

ally

the

prov

ince

has

bee

n in

the

new

s reg

ardi

ng ill

egal

initia

tion

scho

ols w

here

it has

bee

n re

porte

d th

at si

x ini

tiate

s los

t the

irliv

es. D

iale

sai

d th

at s

ome

initia

tion

scho

ols

Prep

arat

ions

for t

he 2

013

init

iati

on s

choo

l sea

son

Lim

popo

MEC

for

CoG

HSTA

Clif

ford

Mot

sepe

war

ned

agai

nst t

he o

pera

tion

ofill

egal

initi

atio

n sc

hool

to

ensu

re a

n in

ci-

dent

free

sea

son.

star

ted

on 1

4 M

ay, lo

ng b

efor

e th

e of

ficia

l dat

eof

com

men

cem

ent.

She

said

it is

in th

ese

illega

l initia

tion

scho

ols

whe

re d

eath

s oc

curre

d an

d th

e de

partm

ent

expr

esse

d he

artfe

lt and

dee

pest

cond

olen

ces

to th

e af

fect

ed fa

milie

s. S

he a

dded

that

upo

nre

ceivi

ng th

e re

ports

of t

hese

illeg

al sc

hool

s,th

e de

partm

ent a

ssem

bled

and

dis

patc

hed

an A

sses

smen

t Tas

k Te

am (A

TT) t

o th

e ar

-ea

s co

ncer

ned

to in

vest

igat

e th

is m

atte

r on

Mon

day,

20 M

ay. S

he s

aid

the

team

dis

cov-

ered

that

ther

e ar

e in

deed

ille

gal i

nitia

tion

scho

ols u

nder

Kin

g PJ

Mah

lang

u of

Lim

popo

and

King

Mab

oko

of M

pum

alan

ga.

“It is

regr

etta

ble

to n

ote

that

like

in 2

012,

Mah

lang

u ha

s co

nduc

ted

illega

l ini

tiatio

nsc

hool

s eve

n af

ter b

eing

adv

ised

repe

ated

lyto

des

ist fr

om d

oing

so b

y Gov

ernm

ent. I

t was

foun

d th

at M

ahla

ngu

had

135

regi

men

ts w

itha

tota

l num

ber

of 1

005

initia

tes

and

King

Mab

oko

with

19

regi

men

ts a

mou

ntin

g to

305

initia

tes.

It w

as a

lso

disc

over

ed th

at P

etru

sva

n R

ooye

n, a

lso kn

own

as M

akua

, has

one

initia

tion

scho

ol w

ith 1

6 in

itiate

s,” s

aid

Dia

le.

She

told

the

med

ia t

hat

thes

e fin

ding

spr

ompt

ed th

e de

partm

ent t

o re

port

the

mat

-te

r to

the

stat

ion

com

man

ders

of p

olic

e st

a-tio

ns in

the

area

s, w

ith th

e pu

rpos

e of

ope

n-in

g cr

imin

al c

ases

and

clo

sing

dow

n th

e ille

-ga

l sch

ools

.D

iale

said

the

depa

rtmen

t exp

ect t

he la

w to

take

its c

ours

e an

d th

ose

who

are

resp

onsi

-bl

e m

ust f

ace

the

full

mig

ht o

f the

law.

She

said

the

gove

rnm

ent w

ill no

t be

a pa

rty to

cultu

ral p

ract

ices

that

kill

inno

cent

peo

ple.

The

depa

rtmen

t hel

d a

mee

ting

with

stra

te-

gic s

take

hold

ers i

n th

e lig

ht o

f the

se u

nfor

tu-

nate

occ

urre

nces

.

Dia

le in

dica

ted

that

thes

e ar

e st

akeh

olde

rsw

ho m

ust e

nsur

e in

ciden

t fre

e 20

13 in

itiatio

nse

ason

.In

atte

ndan

ce w

ere

seni

or tr

aditio

nal le

ad-

ers

who

are

per

mit

hold

ers,

trad

itiona

l sur

-ge

ons a

nd p

erso

nnel

from

the

Dep

artm

ent o

fH

ealth

who

will

be m

onito

ring

initia

tes j

oint

lyw

ith C

oGH

STA

offic

ials.

The

prov

inci

al c

omm

issi

oner

of

SA

PS

Lim

popo

als

o at

tend

ed th

e m

eetin

g.D

iale

sai

d th

e pu

rpos

e of

the

mee

ting

was

to b

rief a

nd p

repa

re a

ll the

se st

akeh

olde

rs o

npr

ecau

tiona

ry m

easu

res t

o be

follo

wed

in o

r-de

r to

have

inci

dent

free

initia

tion

seas

on.

The d

epar

tmen

t repo

rted t

hat it

has a

ppro

ved

142

appl

icatio

ns fo

r thi

s sea

son,

of w

hich

107

are

for b

oys

and

35 fo

r girl

s.Th

e br

eakd

own

of p

erm

its in

dica

tes t

hat 2

1pe

rmits

wer

e is

sued

in th

e W

ater

berg

Dis

-tri

ct, w

hile

31

wer

e is

sued

in V

hem

be, 2

0 in

Mop

ani,

Cap

ricor

n ha

s 7

perm

its a

ndSe

khuk

hune

63

perm

its.

The

depa

rtmen

t mad

e a

call

for a

ll pe

rmit

hold

ers

to a

dher

e to

all t

he in

itiatio

n sc

hool

regu

latio

ns.

They

als

o ca

lled

upon

par

ents

to v

erify

the

legi

timac

y of

initia

tion

scho

ols

they

inte

nd to

send

thei

r chi

ldre

n to

with

thei

r res

pect

ive T

ra-

ditio

nal A

utho

ritie

s.C

oGH

STA

MEC

Cliff

ord

Mot

sepe

said

ther

ew

ill be

zer

o to

lera

nce

to la

w b

reak

ers

and

they

will

be b

roug

ht to

boo

k.“If

you

wan

t to

do b

usin

ess,

ple

ase

look

som

ewhe

re el

se. T

his i

s not

a ve

ntur

e to m

ake

mon

ey. A

ttend

ing

an in

itiatio

n sc

hool

shou

ldco

ntin

ue to

be

a re

spec

ted

tradi

tion

amon

gou

r com

mun

ities.

Dea

ths o

f you

ng pe

ople

who

are

dest

ined

to b

e fu

ture

lead

ers a

re d

eplo

r-

able

, wor

se w

hen

it hap

pens

in th

e ha

nds o

fpe

ople

who

are

cust

odia

ns o

f thi

s anc

ient

in-

stitu

tion,

” he

said

.Th

e de

partm

ent i

ssue

d a

stat

emen

t ful

l of

war

ning

s an

d ru

les

for i

nitia

tion

scho

ols

and

the

publ

ic a

t lar

ge to

take

not

e of

.*N

o pe

rson

sha

ll ho

ld a

n in

itiatio

n sc

hool

with

out a

val

id p

erm

it is

sued

to h

im/h

er in

term

s of

Sec

tion

2 (1

) of t

he N

orth

ern

Prov

-in

ce C

ircum

cisio

n Sc

hool

s Act

No.

6 o

f 199

6.*N

o tra

ditio

nal s

urge

on o

r any

oth

er p

erso

nis

allo

wed

to p

erfo

rm ri

tual

s in

an

initia

tion

scho

ol w

ithou

t a c

ertif

icat

e of

fitn

ess

issu

edfo

r tha

t pur

pose

by a

regi

ster

ed m

edica

l pra

c-tit

ione

r aut

horiz

ed b

y th

e Pr

emie

r or a

utho

r-iz

ed o

ffice

r to

do s

o in

term

s of

Sec

tion

3 (1

)of

Initia

tion

Scho

ols R

egul

atio

ns o

f 200

3.*N

o tra

ditio

nal n

urse

or a

ny o

ther

per

son

isal

low

ed to

look

afte

r ini

tiate

s in

an

initia

tion

scho

ol w

ithou

t a c

ertif

icat

e of

atte

ndan

ce o

ftra

inin

g re

ferre

d to

in re

gula

tion

5, p

rovi

ded

that

the

proh

ibitio

n sh

all b

ecom

e ef

fect

ive o

nth

e da

y im

med

iate

ly a

fter t

he c

oncl

usio

n of

the

train

ing

conc

erne

d in

term

s on

Sec

tion

4(1)

of In

itiatio

n Sc

hool

s Reg

ulat

ions

of 2

003.

*No

pers

on b

elow

the

age

of tw

elve

can

bead

mitt

ed to

an

initia

tion

scho

ol in

term

s of

Sect

ion

7(1)

of In

itiatio

n Sc

hool

s Reg

ulat

ions

of 2

003.

*No

initia

te sh

all b

e ad

mitt

ed to

an

initia

tion

scho

ol m

ore

than

five

day

s af

ter t

he c

om-

men

cem

ent o

f the

scho

ol in

term

s of S

ectio

n7(

3) o

f Initia

tion

Scho

ols R

egul

atio

ns o

f 200

3.*N

o pe

rson

is a

llow

ed to

abd

uct a

noth

erfo

r the

pur

pose

of t

akin

g th

e ab

duct

ed p

er-

son

to a

n in

itiat

ion

scho

ol in

term

s of

Sec

-tio

n 9(

1) o

f Ini

tiatio

n Sc

hool

s R

egul

atio

ns o

f20

03.

DA

cal

ls f

or p

resi

dent

ial i

nter

vent

ion

on t

he t

extb

ook

cris

is

The

DA

has

writ

ten

to P

resi

dent

Jac

obZu

ma

rega

rdin

g th

e te

xtbo

ok d

eliv

ery

saga

.

Jus

tin S

teyn

The

DA

has

writ

ten

to P

resi

dent

Jac

obZu

ma,

ask

ing

him

to p

erso

nally

inte

rven

ein

Lim

popo

’s te

xtbo

ok s

horta

ges.

Edu

ca-

tion

ME

C,

Dic

kson

Mas

emol

a, a

nd t

heN

atio

nal

adm

inis

trat

ors

runn

ing

the

Lim

popo

Edu

catio

n D

epar

tmen

t, ha

ve n

otm

et a

n ul

timat

um is

sued

by

the

DA

for a

conc

rete

pla

n to

pro

vide

the

Lim

popo

scho

ols

with

text

book

s.M

asem

ola’

s of

fice

wro

te to

the

DA

sta

t-in

g th

at th

eir r

eque

st h

ad b

een

forw

arde

dto

Mr M

zwan

dile

Mat

thew

s of

the

Nat

iona

lA

dmin

istra

tors

offi

ce a

nd th

at h

e w

ould

have

a re

spon

se b

y Fr

iday

24

May

at t

hela

test

.A

ccor

ding

to th

e D

A, t

his

has

not h

ap-

pene

d“It

is ti

me

now

for t

he p

resi

denc

y to

inte

r-ve

ne o

nce

and

for a

ll,” s

aid

DA

Educ

atio

nal

Spok

espe

rson

, Des

iree

Van

der W

alt.

Van

der

Wal

t to

ld T

he B

EAT

tha

t it

isZu

ma’

s ad

min

istra

tors

in L

impo

po w

ho a

refa

iling

to d

eliv

er th

e te

xtbo

oks

and

that

he

shou

ld in

stru

ct th

em to

per

form

thei

r du-

ties.

The

pre

side

nt a

ppoi

nted

the

tas

kte

am,

led

by D

eput

y Fi

nanc

e M

inis

ter

Nhl

anhl

a N

ene,

to in

vest

igat

e ev

ery

aspe

ctof

the

failu

re o

f del

iver

y of

lear

ners

’ tex

t-bo

oks

in th

e Li

mpo

po p

rovi

nce.

The

five

-

mem

ber

task

tea

m w

as f

orm

ed in

Jul

y20

12 w

ith th

e m

anda

te o

f inv

estig

atin

g th

eca

uses

of n

on-d

eliv

ery

and

dela

ys to

af-

fect

ed s

choo

ls a

nd m

akin

g re

com

men

da-

tions

to p

reve

nt re

curre

nces

.Th

e D

A ad

ded

that

it h

as b

een

diffi

cult

toob

tain

info

rmat

ion

from

affe

cted

sch

ools

,

as th

e ed

ucat

ors

wer

e to

ld n

ot to

ans

wer

ques

tions

rega

rdin

g th

e m

atte

r.“T

he a

dmin

istra

tor a

nd th

e de

partm

ent d

ono

t offe

r a d

irect

ans

wer

on

who

is re

spon

-si

ble

for

orde

ring

text

book

s an

d in

stea

dpl

ay th

e bl

ame

gam

e w

ith e

ach

othe

r” sa

idVa

n de

r Wal

t. “P

resi

dent

Zum

a m

ust s

how

his

serio

usne

ss a

bout

our

chi

ldre

n’s

edu-

catio

n by

per

sona

lly in

terv

enin

g to

sol

veth

is m

atte

r at o

nce”

she

sai

d.At

the

time

of g

oing

to p

ress

The

Lim

popo

Dep

artm

ent o

f Edu

catio

n sp

okes

pers

on,

Pat

Kgo

mo,

has

not

repl

ied

to a

requ

est

for c

omm

ent.

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Liz

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apel

a

Cou

ncillo

rs, m

unic

ipal

offi

cial

s an

d re

pre-

sent

ativ

es fr

om va

rious

stak

ehol

der d

epar

t-m

ents

and

org

anis

atio

ns fr

om a

cros

s th

eW

ater

berg

dis

trict

atte

nded

sta

te o

f the

dis

-tri

ct m

unic

ipal

add

ress

(SO

DA

).Th

e ev

ent t

ook

plac

e at

the

OR

Tam

bo H

all

in M

odim

olle

on

Thur

sday

30

May

.Th

e W

ater

berg

Dis

trict

Mun

icip

al (W

DM

)ex

ecut

ive

may

or T

lotla

nang

Mog

otla

ne a

c-kn

owle

dged

the

fac

t th

at t

he m

unic

ipal

coun

cils

met

dur

ing

the

Chi

ld P

rote

ctio

nW

eek,

whi

ch s

tarte

d on

Mon

day

27 M

ayan

d en

ded

on S

unda

y 2

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ety.

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plet

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ayor

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prob

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me

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tly fo

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my

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nd u

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oung

peo

ple

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hen

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with

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s. A

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st o

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able

to

see

who

she

coul

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ve b

ecom

e, h

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heno

t had

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f cou

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d th

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gh li

fe. A

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egr

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r, w

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ay b

e ge

tting

on in

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ay b

e lo

okin

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retir

emen

t, or

may

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ere

spon

sibi

litie

s of

her

ow

n, e

nds

upbe

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resp

onsi

ble

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her

gran

dchi

ld.

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at fa

ir?Is

tha

t fa

ir to

Gra

nny,

who

has

alre

ady

rais

ed

one

batc

h of

child

ren?

Is t

hat

fair

to

the

child

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hope

rhap

s se

es h

is m

othe

r on

ce a

mon

th?

No,

it is

n’t.

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onl

y pe

rson

, in

fac

t, w

hobe

nefit

s fr

om th

is a

rran

gem

ent,

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e m

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r, w

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an c

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be

irres

pons

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with

out h

avin

g to

face

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cons

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nces

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be

fair,

it m

ay n

ot h

ave

been

her

faul

t th

at s

he g

ot p

regn

ant.

The

re m

ay h

ave

been

ass

ault

invo

lved

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oth

er p

ress

ures

tha

tso

meo

ne w

ho w

asn’

t in

her s

ituat

ion

coul

dn’t

unde

rsta

nd. J

udgi

ng a

girl

for

beco

min

g pr

egna

nt i

s bo

thst

upid

and

cru

el,

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u w

ere

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e yo

u ca

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now

how

she

got

that

way

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if y

ou w

ere

ther

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ell,

it ta

kes

two

to ta

ngo,

so y

our

right

to

judg

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als

ove

ry li

mite

d. W

hat w

e ar

e al

low

edto

do,

how

ever

, is

judg

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her

acti

ons

one

she

has

beco

me

preg

nant

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she

res

pons

ibly

tryi

ng to

hav

eth

e he

alth

iest

pre

gnan

cy s

he c

an?

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he m

akin

g an

effo

rt t

o en

sure

that

her

bab

y is

bor

n he

alth

y? Is

she

mak

ing

sure

that

she

can

car

e fo

rth

e lit

tle o

ne o

nce

he o

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arr

ives

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isn’

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ay n

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ady

to b

e a

mot

her.

If yo

u ar

e a

teen

age

girl,

and

you

find

your

self

preg

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you

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f:A

m I

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be

a m

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r? S

houl

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nsid

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tern

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es?

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Iw

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his

child

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an I

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nd if

you

dec

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that

you

wan

t to

be a

mot

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take

resp

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bilit

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you

r chi

ld a

s be

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ou c

an,

but

do i

t yo

urse

lf a

s m

uch

aspo

ssib

le.

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it

may

tak

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child

, but

it ta

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a m

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. And

if y

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mot

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shou

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body

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spon

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1. B

uild

tim

e of

f int

o hi

s co

ntra

ct a

ndsc

hedu

le. Y

our p

asto

r nee

ds ti

me

off

in o

rder

to

relie

ve t

he u

nsee

nem

otio

nal s

tress

es o

f his

wor

k as

ala

bour

er in

cra

fting

sou

ls. H

is c

ontra

ctsh

ould

ref

lect

this

in v

acat

ion

time,

stud

y le

ave,

per

sona

l day

s of

f, an

dsa

bbat

ical

s. T

he g

over

ning

or r

ulin

gbo

ard

of a

n as

sem

bly

shou

ld w

ork

tom

ake

sure

the

past

or u

ses

his

time

off

ever

y ye

ar.

Ofte

n th

e di

stre

sspo

ints

for a

n ov

erw

orke

d pa

stor

find

thei

r loc

ale

in h

is h

ome

life

and

mak

efo

r a s

tress

ful l

ife fo

r his

fam

ily.

2. B

udge

t an

nual

ly f

or c

ompe

tent

pulp

it su

pply

for h

im. A

chu

rch

shou

ldno

t exp

ect a

faith

ful p

asto

r to

prea

chm

ore

than

80%

of t

he w

eekl

y se

rmon

sin

a y

ear,

(75%

wou

ld b

e ev

en b

ette

r).P

asto

rs n

eed

20%

-25%

of

thei

rS

unda

ys o

ff fro

m p

reac

hing

so

that

they

can

do

the

addi

tiona

l stu

dy in

prep

arin

g ah

ead

for s

erm

ons

and

the

gene

ral

past

oral

le

adin

g an

dde

epen

ing

of t

he c

ongr

egat

ion.

Pas

tors

who

are

fai

thfu

l in

the

irpr

each

ing

som

etim

es (i

nadv

erte

ntly

)bo

rrow

thi

s 20

%-2

5% f

rom

the

irfa

mili

es b

ecau

se t

heir

fam

ilies

are

grac

ious

to a

llow

them

to d

o so

. But

thei

r fam

ilies

and

mar

riage

s pa

y a

toll

for t

he b

orro

win

g. W

ith v

ery

little

cos

tto

a c

hurc

h’s

annu

al b

udge

t, fu

nds

for

supp

ly p

reac

hers

can

be

avai

labl

e so

that

the

past

or c

an h

ave

brea

ks fr

omth

e pu

lpit.

Sem

inar

y an

d Bi

ble

colle

gefa

culty

and

stu

dent

s of

ten

are

seek

ing

pulp

it su

pply

opp

ortu

nitie

s.3.

Sen

d hi

m a

nd h

is w

ife t

o a

mar

riage

ret

reat

ann

ually

. M

any

mar

riage

retre

ats

have

spe

cial

trac

ksan

d re

sour

ces

spec

ifica

lly f

or t

hem

arria

ges

of s

heph

erds

and

the

irsp

ouse

s. T

hese

retre

ats r

ecog

nize

the

uniq

ue p

ress

ures

pas

tors

face

. The

gene

ral s

essi

ons

ofte

n se

rve

as g

ood

rem

inde

rs o

f th

e or

igin

al m

arria

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y—th

e jo

y be

fore

con

greg

atio

nal

pres

sure

s. A

wis

e ch

urch

wou

ld b

ein

tent

iona

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ut s

eein

g th

at its

pas

tor

gets

to g

ive

focu

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atte

ntio

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apa

rt fro

m c

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ties.

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sk y

our

elde

rs to

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thei

rre

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lity

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im a

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is w

ifeab

out t

heir

mar

riage

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ho h

elp

a ch

urch

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past

or

lead

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eco

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es h

ave

stro

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sta

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the

pas

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inclu

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epha

lale

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bazim

bi, B

ela

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nd M

ookg

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tane

mad

e th

e pr

omis

e du

ring

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grad

uatio

n pa

rty h

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erta

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held

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b H

all.

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e yo

uths

rece

ived

theo

retic

al a

nd p

rac-

tical

trai

ning

to p

rodu

ce a

tota

l of 2

shor

t film

sin

10

days

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ch in

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ort f

ilms

in 1

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eeks

sin

ce th

is p

rogr

amm

e ta

kes

plac

e ac

ross

the

five

dist

ricts

of t

he p

rovin

ce.

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alak

wen

a M

unic

ipal

spo

kesp

erso

nM

ales

ela

Selo

kela

said

the

films w

ill th

en b

esh

own

to co

mm

unitie

s acr

oss t

he p

rovi

nce.

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May

or’s

repr

esen

tativ

e an

d ot

her c

oun-

cillo

rs w

atch

ed th

e tw

o sh

ort f

ilms

prod

uced

by th

e W

ater

berg

stud

ents

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ms p

ro-

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d w

ere

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hani

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a M

orad

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oma

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okop

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thos

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atch

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ughe

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ojec

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bra

inch

ild o

f the

NYD

A an

dra

dio

and

tele

visi

on p

erso

nality

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nisa

ni“A

shifa

Sha

bba”

Mul

eya.

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two

entit

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o-ge

ther

with

thei

r par

tner

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t up

wor

ksho

psan

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min

ars

in fi

ve L

impo

po d

istri

cts

with

the

aim

to sk

ill 80

0 yo

ung

peop

le to

bec

ome

part

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e gr

owin

g film

indu

stry

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Mas

haba

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nam

e G

eorg

e M

asen

ya is

gen

eral

lyas

soci

ated

with

soc

cer,

but

the

wel

l-kn

own

coac

h ha

s ta

ken

time

off

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socc

er to

focu

s on

his

firs

t lov

e: m

usic

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asen

ya, f

orm

er h

ead

coac

h of

soc

cer

team

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al S

urre

nder

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mer

ly F

ast X

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ld T

he B

EAT

in a

n in

terv

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coul

dn’t

deny

tha

t m

usic

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alw

ays

been

his

firs

t lov

e.

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uctio

n C

oord

i-na

tor R

ufus

Mat

sena

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ogal

akw

eana

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icip

al S

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ojec

ts O

ffic

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cy M

atlo

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may

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tatv

eco

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llor T

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ne (s

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le a

ddre

ssin

g th

e yo

uth,

Mon

tane

ex-

pres

sed

grat

itude

for t

he in

itiativ

e sh

own

byth

ese

two

entit

ies.

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said

that

they

are

con

fiden

t tha

t the

yout

h w

ill pr

oduc

e so

met

hing

out

of t

his p

ro-

gram

me,

as t

hey w

ill ta

ke fil

m in

dust

ry to

new

heig

hts.

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also

mad

e a

pled

ge th

at a

s lea

d-er

ship

of t

he m

unic

ipal

ity, t

hey

will

give

the

yout

h m

uch

supp

ort t

o pr

oduc

e a

film.

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tane

said

they

will

be h

appy

if th

e yo

uth

can

prod

uce

a fil

m a

bout

the

stru

ggle

of

Mog

alak

wen

a es

pecia

lly in

Mah

wel

eren

g.“T

here

are

onl

y fe

w o

f us

who

are

still

aliv

ean

d on

ly fe

w ca

n te

ll abo

ut o

ur st

rugg

le e

spe-

cial

ly in

Mah

wel

eren

g. In

this

gen

erat

ion

noon

e kn

ows

abou

t Ruf

us S

eaka

mel

a, D

udu

Mad

isha

and

oth

ers,

so

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is y

our c

hanc

eto

pro

duce

som

ethi

ng o

ut o

f tha

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ill en

-ga

ge w

ith th

e m

ayor

that

the

grou

p th

at w

illpr

oduc

e th

eir f

irst f

ilm b

e aw

arde

d R

10 0

00,”

he s

aid.

Mon

tane

indi

cate

d th

at th

e le

ader

ship

wan

tsth

e yo

uth

to u

tilise

the

know

ledg

e th

ey g

aine

din

the

train

ing.

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said

that

the

certi

ficat

esth

ey re

ceiv

ed o

n th

e da

y m

ust n

ot a

ppea

ron

ly in

thei

r obi

tuar

y.Th

e 25

top

perfo

rmer

s, fi

ve fr

om e

ach

dis-

trict

, will

get a

cha

nce

to s

how

thei

r film

s at

the

Polo

kwan

e In

tern

atio

nal F

ilm F

estiv

al to

be h

eld

this

mon

th.

They

will

also

get

an

oppo

rtuni

ty to

inte

ract

with

and

lear

n fro

m th

e in

dust

ry e

xper

ts.

Stud

ents

who

wer

e af

ford

ed a

n op

portu

nity

to s

hed

a lig

ht o

n film

pro

duct

ion

wer

e ve

rygr

atef

ul to

NYD

A, A

shiff

aSha

ba, a

nd J

erry

Phe

le w

ho i

s af

fect

iona

tely

kno

wn

asM

ofek

eng

in a

TV

com

edy d

ram

a “E

mzin

i we

Zint

sizw

a”.

Prod

uctio

n co

ordi

nato

r R

ufus

Mat

sena

and

the

entir

e te

am w

ere

also

ac-

know

ledg

ed fo

r the

supp

ort, e

ncou

rage

men

tan

d m

otiva

tion

they

offe

red.

From

Soc

cer c

oach

to m

usic

prom

oter

and

man

ager B

iggi

e Bok

aba

with

his

jazz

ban

dm

embe

rs. P

hoto

Sup

plie

d

Bef

ore

beco

min

ga

note

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ure

onth

e so

ccer

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ld,

Mas

enya

was

mak

ing

and

prod

ucin

gm

usic

as

wel

l as

ser

ving

as

back

upsi

nger

for s

ever

al w

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now

n ar

tists

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rren

tly w

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ng f

orG

oova

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rodu

ctio

ns d

oing

con

tem

pora

ryja

zz a

nd g

ospe

l. O

ne o

f G

oova

h’s

artis

ts,

Big

gie

Bok

aba,

lau

nche

d hi

sal

bum

at

Lehl

abile

Par

k in

Bel

a B

ela

rece

ntly

. The

alb

um is

cal

led

Beh

ind

the

Sha

dow

s an

d M

asen

ya s

aid

that

they

wer

e pl

ease

d w

ith th

e si

x-tr

ack

albu

m.

He

also

sai

d th

at B

ushv

eld

Jazz

Clu

bw

as in

stru

men

tal i

n th

e su

cces

s of

the

laun

ch.

Kno

win

g is

not

eno

ugh;

we

mus

t app

ly.

Will

ing

is n

ot e

noug

h; w

e m

ust d

o.Jo

hann

Wol

fgan

g vo

n G

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, 201

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day

at s

choo

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Liz

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apel

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BEAT

rece

ived

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arm

wel

com

e fro

med

ucat

ors,

par

ents

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lear

ners

from

dif-

fere

nt p

rimar

y sc

hool

s in

Cyv

ersk

uil d

ur-

ing

a fu

n da

y ev

ent.

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even

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hel

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ebra

te C

hild

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tect

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k at

Sw

aris

anan

g P

rimar

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choo

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Frid

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ay.

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cato

rs a

ckno

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por-

tanc

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trong

rela

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eren

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men

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ram

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hoir

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e as

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he fi

rst s

essi

on o

n th

eda

y. Am

ong

the

scho

ols

that

took

par

t in

the

activ

ities

wer

e T

iiset

so,

Mak

eken

g,B

olan

tlokw

e an

d M

ogot

lhoa

neng

.R

epre

sent

ativ

es fr

om th

e lo

cal D

epar

t-m

ent o

f Edu

catio

n an

d S

AP

S a

ddre

ssed

the

audi

ence

, inf

orm

ing

the

lear

ners

on

diffe

rent

form

s of

abu

se a

nd h

ow to

pro

-te

ct th

emse

lves

or

seek

hel

p if

nece

s-sa

ry.

All

the

activ

ities

ren

dere

d on

the

day

had

mes

sage

s ag

ains

t chi

ld a

buse

and

rela

ted

to t

he C

hild

Pro

tect

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k

cam

paig

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ctiv

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plac

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ports

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lay.

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ribut

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war

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ent a

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cces

sful

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it w

as.

She

sai

d ho

wev

er,

pare

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pons

ew

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eat a

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ey h

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ntic

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t the

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e gl

ad fo

r all t

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uppo

rt gi

ven.

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als

o th

anke

d al

l who

don

ated

var

i-ou

s ite

ms

to h

elp

the

even

t suc

ceed

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clud

ing

the

SA

PS

, par

ents

and

a lo

cal

even

ts m

anag

er H

endr

ick

Pho

ffu.

Mas

hala

sai

d th

e le

arne

rs’ a

cade

mic

perfo

rman

ce ra

nges

abo

ve 7

0 to

80%

and

thei

r arts

, cul

ture

and

spo

rts p

erfo

rman

ceis

als

o ex

celle

nt. A

ccor

ding

to h

er, t

heon

ly c

halle

nges

they

hav

e at

the

scho

olis

a l

imite

d nu

mbe

r of

cla

sses

, w

hich

lead

s to

ove

rcro

wdi

ng.

“We

are

rece

ivin

g a

huge

enr

olm

ent

num

ber

and

then

we

get

to b

e in

dire

need

of

furn

iture

suc

h as

des

ks a

ndch

air

but a

ll is

wel

l at o

ur s

choo

l,” s

hesa

id.

Educ

ator

s fr

om p

rimar

y sc

hool

s in

Cyv

ersk

uil s

ang

and

danc

ed d

urin

g th

eir f

un d

ayev

ent h

eld

at S

war

isan

ang

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ary

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ecen

tly. P

hoto

: Liz

zy B

apel

a

Gra

de R

lea

rner

s pl

ayed

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bea

n ba

gra

ce. P

hoto

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zy B

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lea

rner

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so c

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ted

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oto:

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apel

a

Tra

ditio

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ance

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up a

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ence

. Pho

to: L

izzy

Bap

ela

May

or c

eleb

rate

s In

tern

atio

nal

Play

Day

Lear

ners

of V

aalw

ater

’s R

eahl

ahlw

a Pr

imar

y Sch

ool r

ejoi

ced

with

sta

keho

lder

saf

ter t

he h

andi

ng o

ver o

f a

play

par

k du

ring

the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Pla

y D

ay.

Mah

ango

sai

d th

ey h

ave

also

est

ab-

lishe

d en

viro

nmen

tal c

lubs

whe

re th

eyed

ucat

e th

e le

arne

rs a

nd st

aff m

embe

rson

how

to p

lant

and

take

car

e of

a v

eg-

etab

le g

arde

n.Th

e m

ayor

em

phas

ised

that

chi

ldre

nm

ust b

e gi

ven

a ch

ance

to p

lay

and

let

them

be.

She

than

ked

Nku

nzi f

or th

e pl

ay p

ark

and

prom

ised

that

the

mun

icip

ality

will

mak

e su

re th

at it

is n

ot n

egle

cted

but

atte

nded

to w

hen

the

need

aris

es, a

s“to

geth

er w

e ca

n do

mor

e”.

The

scho

ol e

duca

tors

als

o th

anke

dN

kunz

i for

iden

tifyi

ng th

eir s

choo

l and

for a

gar

den

they

had

hel

ped

esta

blis

h.Th

e R

eahl

ahlw

a st

aff p

ledg

ed to

kee

pth

e pl

ay p

ark

and

the

gard

en c

lean

at

all t

imes

, whi

le th

e le

arne

rs c

ould

not

cont

ain

thei

r ex

cite

men

t as

teac

hers

stru

ggle

d to

get

the

m b

ack

into

clas

ses.

Liz

zy B

apel

a

Mod

imol

le M

ayor

Kga

retja

Lek

alak

ala

visi

ted

Rea

hlah

lwa

Com

bine

d S

choo

lfo

r the

Inte

rnat

iona

l Pla

y D

ay o

n Tu

es-

day,

28

May

.Le

kala

kala

spe

nt th

e m

orni

ng a

t the

scho

ol, s

ituat

ed o

n th

e fa

rm M

erw

er in

the

Vaal

wat

er C

ircui

t, w

ith m

anag

erM

me

Phu

lo.

Loca

l bus

ines

s en

terp

rise

Nku

nzi D

e-ve

lopm

ent A

ssoc

iatio

n ha

nded

ove

r apl

ay p

ark

to th

e m

ayor

and

the

scho

ol’

staf

f mem

bers

on

the

day.

Mar

gare

t Mah

ango

of N

kunz

i sai

d th

eym

ade

a pr

omis

e to

the

farm

sch

ool t

oer

ect a

pla

y pa

rk a

nd th

e pr

omis

e is

now

fulfi

lled.

She

add

ed th

at th

e co

m-

pany

saw

a n

eed

to e

rect

a p

lay

park

to th

e fa

rm s

choo

l as

they

are

ofte

nfo

rgot

ten

and

that

they

wan

ted

to im

-pr

ove

thei

r liv

es fo

r the

bet

ter.

Lear

ners

’ edu

catio

n rig

hts

deni

ed

Elec

k H

long

wan

e ex

pres

sed

conf

usio

nfo

llow

ing

the

alle

ged

canc

ella

tion

of

exam

s at

Mao

pe S

econ

dary

Sch

ool.

Phot

o: L

izzy

Bap

ela

Gra

de 1

0s w

ere

supp

osed

to w

rite

thei

r G

eogr

aphy

pap

er w

hile

the

Gra

de 1

2s w

ere

supp

osed

to

writ

eH

isto

ry a

nd b

oth

the

grad

es h

ad to

com

e ba

ck d

urin

g th

e da

y fo

r th

eir

third

Hom

e La

ngua

ge p

aper

.H

long

wan

e sa

id th

e le

arne

rs w

ere

told

they

will

pro

ceed

with

thei

r ex

-am

s on

Frid

ay,

7 Ju

ne a

nd n

orm

alcl

asse

s w

ould

tak

e pl

ace

as f

rom

Tues

day

the

4th.

“We

wer

e to

ld th

e ex

ams

have

bee

nst

oppe

d fo

r no

rea

son

and

that

we

mus

t sta

rt a

ttend

ing

norm

al c

lass

esfr

om th

e da

y in

que

stio

n. O

ur p

rinci

-pa

l sai

d th

e sc

hool

rece

ived

the

in-

stru

ctio

n fr

om th

e ci

rcui

t offi

ce a

ndth

at w

e m

ust d

o as

inst

ruct

ed. T

hean

noun

cem

ent c

ause

d ch

aos

at th

esc

hool

as

lear

ners

wer

e co

nfus

edan

d do

not

kno

w w

hat t

o do

, as

we

take

the

exa

ms

very

ser

ious

ly,”

he

said

.C

OS

AS

’ reg

iona

l sec

reta

ry A

bram

Mot

lhak

e sa

id th

e or

gani

satio

n is

fed

up w

ith th

e be

havi

our o

f the

Dep

art-

men

t of E

duca

tion.

He

said

the

depa

rtmen

t tol

d ed

uca-

tors

to s

top

the

exam

s as

inst

ruct

edan

d pr

ocee

d on

Frid

ay, 7

Jun

e, w

hich

was

the

actu

al s

tart

ing

date

for

the

exam

s.M

otlh

ake

said

the

lea

rner

s w

ere

forc

ed to

sta

rt ex

ams

two

wee

ks b

e-fo

re th

e ac

tual

dat

e an

d no

w th

ey a

refo

rced

aga

in to

sto

p an

d go

bac

k to

norm

al c

lass

es,

an a

ctio

n w

hich

isve

ry c

onfu

sing

to th

em.

The

BE

AT’s

atte

mpt

s to

get

hol

d of

the

scho

ol a

nd c

ircui

t rep

rese

ntat

ives

faile

d as

the

scho

ol’s

pho

ne ra

ng u

n-an

swer

ed a

nd t

he c

ircui

t m

anag

erM

akom

a P

hatu

di w

as n

ot a

vaila

ble.

Liz

zy B

apel

a

Con

gres

s of

Sou

th A

fric

an s

tude

nts

(CO

SA

S) i

n B

ela

Bel

a sa

ys th

ey fe

elth

at M

aope

Sec

onda

ry S

choo

l lea

rn-

ers’

righ

t to

educ

atio

n ha

s be

en d

e-ni

ed o

r dis

resp

ecte

d.Th

is fo

llow

s af

ter t

he s

choo

l prin

ci-

pal a

llege

dly

calle

d th

e le

arne

rs in

toas

sem

bly

and

told

the

m t

hat

they

wou

ld n

ot b

e w

ritin

g ex

ams

on T

ues-

day,

4 J

une,

but

wou

ld b

e st

artin

gex

ams

on F

riday

, 7 J

une.

Bel

a B

ela

CO

SA

S b

ranc

h se

cret

ary

Ele

ck H

long

wan

e sa

id th

at th

e pr

in-

cipa

l tol

d th

em t

he m

essa

ge c

ame

from

the

circ

uit o

ffice

and

the

scho

oldi

d no

t kno

w th

e re

ason

s be

hind

the

deci

sion

.

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l.com

, W

ebsi

te:

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eat.l

inm

edia

.co.

zaPa

ge 8

B

EAT

7 Ju

ne, 2

013

Ref

eree

s lik

e th

e on

e (w

ith

gold

and

bla

ck je

rsey

) ex

pect

ed t

o at

tend

the

ann

ual

refe

ree’

s w

orks

hop.

Pho

to: T

K M

asha

ba

Refe

ree

issu

es to

be

tack

led

duri

ng th

e re

fere

e’s

wor

ksho

p T

K M

asha

ba

The

refe

ree

situ

atio

n in

Lim

popo

is a

mon

gm

atte

rs w

hich

will

be ta

ckle

d at

the

refe

ree’

sw

orks

hop

to b

e he

ld fr

om 2

1 to

23

June

.Am

ong

mat

ters

that

will

be d

iscu

ssed

isas

saul

t on

ref

eree

s an

d al

lege

d un

fair

deci

sion

mak

ing

prac

tices

.Th

e an

nual

eve

nt is

inte

nded

to p

repa

rere

fere

es fo

r the

ir du

ties d

urin

g th

e of

f sea

son

and

is s

pons

ored

by

the

2010

Leg

acy

Trus

tFu

nd.

SA

FA o

ffici

al R

efilo

e K

hoza

the

wor

ksho

p w

ill al

so a

ddre

ss m

atte

rs s

uch

as fi

tnes

s te

sts.

The

even

t is

to b

e he

ld in

Mok

opan

e an

dal

l SAB

(Sou

th A

frica

n Br

ewer

ies)

and

LFA

(Loc

al F

ootb

all A

ssoc

iatio

n) le

ague

refe

rees

are

expe

cted

to a

ttend

.

As p

revi

ousl

y re

porte

d in

The

BEA

T, a

refe

ree

was

ass

aulte

d du

ring

the

cour

se o

fa

SAFA

Reg

iona

l Stre

am B

mat

ch b

etw

een

Rea

l M

adri

d an

d Y

ster

Uni

ted

afte

ral

lega

tions

of u

nfai

r dec

isio

ns w

ere

mad

e.Kh

oza

stat

ed th

at S

AFA

take

s as

saul

t on

refe

rees

or

play

ers

very

ser

ious

ly, a

nd a

refe

ree

assa

ult c

an le

ad to

the

team

bei

ngsu

spen

ded

for a

per

iod

of ti

me.

Unf

ortu

nate

ly th

at w

as n

ot th

e fir

st ti

me

alle

gatio

ns o

f unf

airn

ess a

nd co

rrupt

ion

have

been

leve

led

agai

nst S

AFA

refe

rees

.Ja

mes

Dav

id o

f Lev

entis

acc

used

a S

AFA

refe

ree

of a

skin

g fo

r a b

ribe

befo

re a

mat

chdu

ring

the

Ned

bank

Cup

. Dav

id s

ays

that

he re

fuse

d to

brib

e th

e re

fere

e, a

nd L

even

tislo

st t

he m

atch

aga

inst

Bel

a B

ela

FC in

pena

lties

.

Bas

ketb

all l

eagu

e ki

cked

off

The

new

net

ball c

ourts un

der c

onst

ruct

ion

at H

leke

tani

prim

ary

scho

ol. P

hoto

: Jus

tin S

teyn

Vik

ings

pla

yers

aft

er a

tim

e br

eak,

Pho

to S

uppl

ied.

first

pla

ce, V

ikin

gs in

sec

ond,

Mod

imol

leho

ldin

g do

wn

third

pla

ce a

nd L

epha

lale

in fo

urth

pla

ce.

The

next

gam

es a

re d

ue to

be

play

edon

the

6th o

f Jul

y.St

hete

Mas

oga,

coa

ch fo

r the

Vik

ings

,th

e bo

ys p

laye

d w

ell d

espi

te n

ot h

avin

gth

e be

st c

ombi

natio

n. H

e w

as a

dam

ant

that

the

team

wou

ld d

o be

tter o

n th

e 6th

.M

asog

a al

so n

oted

that

Moo

kgop

hong

and

Thab

azim

bi d

o no

t hav

e te

ams

asye

t. H

e sa

id t

hat

if th

ose

tow

ns n

eed

help

org

aniz

ing

team

s or

trai

ning

clin

ics

the

Leag

ue w

ould

be

ther

e to

hel

p.

TK M

asha

ba

The

Wat

erbe

rg B

aske

tbal

l Le

ague

star

ted

with

a b

ang

this

wee

kend

on

Satu

rday

, 1 Ju

ne, a

nd M

okop

ane

topp

edth

e lis

t in th

e op

enin

g ga

mes

. The

gam

esw

ere

atte

nded

by M

okop

ane,

Mod

imol

le,

and

the

host

s Be

la B

ela

.Th

ey m

ade

thei

r int

entio

ns c

lear

whe

nth

ey b

eat B

ela

Bel

a ’s

Vik

ings

’ A T

eam

41-2

9, w

hile

the

Und

er 1

8 Vi

king

Boy

slo

st th

e Po

lokw

ane

Und

er 1

8 Ba

sket

ball

Team

67-

7.Th

e cu

rrent

sta

ndin

gs a

re M

okop

ane

in

Net

ball

cour

ts in

bui

ldin

g ph

ase

Jus

tin S

teyn

Hel

eket

ani P

rimar

y Sc

hool

is e

xcite

d to

anno

unce

that

the

cons

truct

ion

of th

eir l

ong

awai

ted

netb

all c

ourts

has

beg

un. H

ead

ofde

partm

ent

(HO

D),

Andr

ies

Seno

amad

i,to

ld T

he B

EAT

that

con

stru

ctio

n ha

d be

gun

on F

riday

, 31

May

. Th

e ne

w c

ourt

s,m

easu

ring

15 m

eter

s by

30,

are

exp

ecte

dto

be

finis

hed

by th

e en

d of

the

term

.“T

he c

ourts

will

defin

itely

be

done

by

the

end

of th

e se

cond

sch

ool t

erm

but

we

will

mak

e fin

ishi

ng to

uche

s du

ring

the

scho

olho

liday

s” s

aid

Seno

amad

i.

Thes

e fin

ishi

ng to

uche

s w

ill be

in th

e fo

rmof

pai

ntin

g th

e co

urt

and

plac

ing

the

appr

opria

te n

ets

on t

he a

lread

y er

ecte

dpo

les.

“Our

lear

ners

will

now

be

able

to p

lay

safe

ly o

n th

e ne

w c

ourts

with

out r

iski

ng a

nyin

jurie

s cau

sed

by lo

ose

elec

tric c

able

s lyin

gon

the

grou

nd” s

aid

Seno

amad

i.Th

e co

nstru

ctio

n co

mpa

ny B

uild

It

iscu

rrent

ly b

uild

ing

the

cour

ts a

nd is

als

oin

volv

ed in

a n

umbe

r of p

roje

cts i

n to

wns

hip

scho

ols.

Hle

keta

ni st

ill w

ants

to e

xten

d th

eir

adm

inis

trativ

e of

fices

but

this

is to

be

done

whe

n th

e re

quire

d fin

ance

s be

com

eav

aila

ble.

Thre

e-da

y ha

ndba

ll re

fere

e-an

d-co

ach

wor

ksho

p a

succ

ess

TK

Mas

haba

The

thre

e-da

y ha

ndba

ll ref

eree

-and

-coa

chw

orks

hop

held

in G

aute

ng fr

om 3

1 M

ayto

2 J

une

had

four

Lim

popo

atte

ndee

s.Th

e w

orks

hop

focu

sed

on d

evel

opin

gha

ndba

ll ga

mes

in th

e co

untry

.A

li P

ole,

the

pre

side

nt f

or t

he S

ports

and

Rec

reat

ion

coun

cil i

n th

e W

ater

berg

dist

rict,

who

als

o at

tend

ed, s

aid

that

he

is d

elig

hted

by

the

atte

ntio

n th

at h

and-

ball

is g

ettin

g. H

e ad

ded

that

the

wor

k-sh

op’s

goa

l is

to a

ccel

erat

e th

e de

velo

p-m

ent o

f han

dbal

l, w

hich

has

not

bee

n as

popu

lar

as m

ore

mai

nstr

eam

spo

rts

code

s su

ch a

s so

ccer

, net

ball

and

rugb

y.

Ano

ther

wor

ksho

p is

pla

nned

for t

he 3

rd

to th

e 6th

of J

uly.

Thi

s on

e w

ill b

e ai

med

at e

duca

tors

as

wel

l, an

d w

ill a

lso

teac

hed

ucat

ors

abou

t ref

eree

ing

and

coac

h-in

g ha

ndba

ll. “T

his

will

hel

p bo

th e

duca

tors

and

stu

-de

nts

at s

choo

l to

play

thi

s ga

me

wel

lfo

llow

ing

the

right

rule

s” h

e ad

ded.

He

adde

d th

at th

ey w

ere

prou

d of

the

two

scho

ols

in W

ater

berg

that

did

wel

lin

rece

nt s

choo

l han

dbal

l com

petit

ions

.M

mam

akw

a P

rimar

y sc

oope

d fir

st p

lace

in L

impo

po fo

r boy

s un

der 1

4 w

hile

the

girl

s un

der

14 h

andb

all

team

fro

mR

ooib

erg’

s Iti

rele

ng S

econ

dary

took

the

gold

in th

at c

ateg

ory.

“Th

is w

ill h

elp

both

ed

uca

tors

an

d s

tud

ents

at

sch

ool

to p

lay

this

gam

e w

ell

follow

ing

th

e ri

gh

t ru

les.

..”

The

att

ende

es o

fth

e th

ree-

day

wor

ksho

p on

hand

ball

inG

aute

ng. P

hoto

supp

lied