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LEPHALALE – Mokolo Dam, situated about 50km south of Lephalale in the heart of the Waterberg is about 145- million m3 and is well-suited for water sports, campers and day visitors. Govern-ment recently declared Mokolo Dam one of South Africa's a strategic key points.

This was announced during a Rural Safety meeting last week in Lephalale

Strategic win for Mokolowhere attendees were informed that Mokolo Dam has finally been given the acknowledge-ment it deserves.

The move will ensure that the dam is visited reguarly by key role players in envi-ronmental and water resource management fields and that the natural habitat, including fauna and flora, of the dam will receive de-served attention.

According to the National Key Points and Strategic Installations Bill of 2007 the ob-

jects of the Act are to ensure efficient and effective control over and optimum security at national key points.

This forces emergency services to as-sist when required without a disaster being declared in the State Gazette. In the event of a major incident, emergency services will not be bound by municipal boundar-ies.The dam will form part of only four other key points in Limpopo of which Ma-timba Power Station is also one.

Noue ontkoming vir gesin

Martie Pretorius ([email protected])

Mokopane – Magda Lombard en haar drie kinders (4, 6 en 8) van Mokopane het verlede Donderdagoggend ’n noue ontkoming gehad toe die Toyota Fortuner waarin hulle gereis het teen ‘n Volkswa-gen Amarok in ’n onbewoonde gebied in Nylpark gebots en omgeslaan het.

Lombaard se dogter, Angie (8) het ’n

kniebesering opgedoen en het steke gekry, terwyl die res van die gesin ongedeerd was.

Lombaard het vir Noordelike Nuus vertel sy was na die laerskool onderweg toe die ongeluk gebeur het. Die bestuurder van die Amarok het na bewering voor die Lombaard-gesin ingery en het glo na die ongeluk skuld erken en om verskoning gevra.

“Ek is net baie dankbaar ons lewens is gespaar. Wat my wel bekommer is die lang gras in dié gebied wat nie onderhou word nie en ons as motoriste se sig belemmer,” het Lombaard gesê.

Die bestuurder en insittendes van die Amarok het na verneem word geen ern-stige beserings opgedoen nie.

Die ongelukstoneel waarin twee motors in ’n ernstige botsing betrokke was.

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Investigating the water situation in Marapong, one thing became abundantly clear – many residents are afraid to speak up out out of fear of victimisation. One such resident claims that she does not have water for about two hours every day: “It is very difficult to live in these conditions,” she said, “sometimes we don't even have enough water to flush our toilets.”

Another resident of Extension 4 in Marapong says that he has been living in his house since 2009 and in that time he has never had any running water. “I have to go to the informal houses in Extension 1 if I want water,” he explained. “Sometimes I have to collect two 50 litre cans full of water a day.” Ludwig Masipa, also from Extension 4, says he hasn’t had water for almost eight years and has spoken to his ward councillor and the municipality about the problem in the past.

“Every five years the ANC and DA want to recruit members and then they come to our houses to talk to us, but we never receive any service despite all their promises,” Ludwig said. He adds that there are four people liv-ing in his house of which two are small chil-dren and when they need water to flush their toilet, bath, cook or even to drink, they have to take a wheelbarrow and collect water in containers from other areas in Marapong.

One elderly woman, Pauline Gupe, said that the problem is especially bad when it rains. She has to use a long-drop toilet and when it rains all the sewage pushes up to the top. She uses a big municipal rubbish can to collect water to use in the toilet and for cleaning; drinking water is collected on a daily basis in big containers.

The DA councillor living in the area,

Marapong: water crisis continuesMARAPONG – The right to water is embedded in constitutional law in South Africa, while article l.1 of the UN economic, social and cultural rights state that “the human right to water is indispensable for leading a life in human dignity.” So why then has life without access to water been a daily reality for the past eight years for some Marapong residents? Northern News reporter Amanda Basson investigates.

Stephen Manamela, said he is aware of the problem. “I have taken the matter up with the municipality in the past,” Manamela said, “It is unthinkable that people are still living in these conditions after so many years.”

The ANC councillor for the area, William Motlokwa, said the problem has been receiv-ing attention from the municipality. “We are in the process of erecting water containers in the area to assist the residents,” he said. “The municipality is focusing on getting a workable solution for the problem.”

Residents are, however, adamant that they don’t want water containers, they want running water. “We have formal houses with toilets and all the pipes are in working order. Why can’t we get running water?” Extension 4 resident, Hendrik Motshehoa, said asking why the municipality charges resident for wa-ter before it is connected: “How can I pay for something I never had?”

The water problem in Marapong is a big-ger issue than most people realise. One of the major issues standing in the way of Lep-halale’s development is the fact that there just isn’t enough water.

Bigger pictureLephalale was identified as a coal-mining

and petrochemical cluster by government and the area’s 2035 local economic develop-ment plan includes growing the number of power stations from one to possibly five and the amount of coal mined from 16-million tons to 100-million tons. The area boasts 40% of SA’s coal reserves and the town’s population has exploded due to the construc-tion of Eskom’s Medupi plant.

According to a question asked in parlia-

ment, published in the National Assembly Internal Question Paper No. 5, on 6 March 2014, the minister of water and sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, indicated that water will be transferred from the Crocodile river west to Lephalale and that the water needs and entitlements of users, including farmers in the Crocodile river west catchment have been fully accounted for in assessing the availability of water for transfer and that the funding has been obtained to start with the the pipeline for transfer.

The municipality has already engaged several stake holders as well as the depart-ment of co-operative governance, human set-tlements and traditional affairs (Coghsta) and the department of water and sanitation to secure funding for the project. As an interme-diate solution the Lephalale municipality will work on in collaboration with the department of water and sanitation to drill five boreholes in the area.

Municipality respondsAccording to Lephalale municipality, an

investigation into the shortage of water sup-ply in Marapong found the demand for water is much higher than previously anticipated.

The area is overpopulated as more that 80% of the houses are doubling as rental facilities, housing 15 or more people in a house suited for 4-6 people. It is also esti-mated that only 16% of water users pay their accounts on a regular basis. Illegal connec-tions also make it difficult for the municipal-ity to establish water needs in the area. The

demand is so great that reservoirs continu-ously run dry. The municipality is calling on residents to use water sparingly, while they are working to find a solution to this pressing issue.

Residents in Extension 4 live further away from the water reservoirs and are sometimes without water while residents in Extension 1, who live closer to the reservoirs, have water. This is a logistical concern. The municipality believe that the installation of water tanks will contribute positively to addressing the situation.

The municipality has also appointed a service provider who will erect the 22 x 10 000L water tanks, following a decision by council to mitigate water challenges in Marapong. They will meet with councillors to identify the areas where the water tanks will be erected this week and the contractor will be on site the following week. These tanks will regularly be refilled with potable water.

All informal settlements in the Marapong vicinity (around 7 000 people) will benefit from this new system according to the mu-nicipality.

One of the major issues standing in the way of Lephalale’s development is the fact that there just isn’t enough water.

GROBLERSBRUG - Drie vermeende reno-ster stropers wat by die Groblersbrug grens-pos in hegtenis geneem is vir renosterhoring en diamant smokkelary is Dinsdag op borg-tog vrygelaat en moet op 5 Junie weer in die Mokopane Landdros hof verskyn.

’n Vierde verdagte is steeds in aanhou-ding en sou na verwagting Donderdag weer in die hof verskyn vir sy borg aansoek.

Climate Mathebula (27) en Samuel Nxo-lani Mabunda (31) is op borg van R1500 elk vrygelaat en Chester Malungane (28) is

Vier vas vir smokkelaryvrygelaat op borg van R1000. Eric Mandlazi (35), is die vierde beskuldigde.Die verdagtes se inhegtenisneming spruit uit ’n wenk wat lede van Lephalale se veediefstaleenheid ont-vang het, het ’n woordvoerder van die polisie in die provinsie, kolonel Ronel Otto gesê. Otto het bevestig die verdagtes is oorspronklik van Zimbabwe maar werksaam in Botswana en het onwettig die land binne gekom om te smokkel.

Die waarde van die items word deur die polisie ondersoek.


MOKOPANE - The police in Mokopane is investigating an early morning burglary at George's Café last Thursday.

The owners say culprits threw bricks at the front window, broke the glass and climbed through to get inside the café.

The suspects repeatedly threw bricks at the window within a time frame of two to three hours to get the window to break. Once

Burglars target George'sit did, they comfortably helped themselves to cigarettes and other stock on the shelves as video footage inside the café confirmed.

“Although it could have been worse, it’s frustrating, because not only are the dam-ages to our stock impacting on us, but also the down-time caused by the investigation,” said one of the cafe’s owners. "I am fed-up with crime in South Africa."

The owners are hopeful the video footage will help police to apprehend the thieves.

MOKOPANE - ‘n Woordvoerder van die Mogalakwena Munisipaliteit, Malesela Selokela, het gereageer op ‘n berig in verlede week se Noordelike Nuus (“Wie moet opdok hiervoor?”, 24 April) waar belasting be-talers wou weet wie betaal vir die watervermorsing in gevalle waar brandkrane gesaboteer en/of gesteel word.

Selokela sê die munisipaliteit reageer in sulke gevalle binne 24-uur aangesien water ‘n eerste prioriteit in dienslewering is. Daar word sover moont-lik binne hierdie tydperk dringende aandag daaraan geskenk, verseker hy.

Selokela het die gemeenskap en Noordelike Nuus bedank dat dié saak onder hulle aandag gebring is.

Terugvoer oor brandkrane

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LEPHALALE – On Tuesday workers at the Medupi plant were frustrated when they drove into a police barricade on their way to work.

According to reports the street leading to the Medupi plant was cordoned off after workers were denied access to the site by striking members who were using their pri-vate vehicles to weave through traffic and intimidate workers on their way to the site.

The strike has begun to take its toll on most of the workers and the no-work-no-pay

Families suffer because of Medupi strikesystem has left many families in dire straits with churches and welfare organisations stepping in to provide food and other necessi-ties to the affected people.

“I am at my wits-end, we are living on the goodwill of other people at the moment,” one lady who did not want to be named said.

Her sentiments are shared by many oth-ers who are also starting to feel the pinch in an already strained economy. One person living at the Medupi hostels said that the people who are on strike are few but they are well resourced and armed.

“If you stay with them in a hostel you

know you can’t go against anything they say” he said.

According to the Eskom spokesman Khulu Phasiwe only about 2 000 workers reported for duty compared to the normal 14 000 workforce.

Many workers claim that they would pre-fer to go back to work but are scared of being intimidated or attacked by their colleagues who are striking.

Medupi and Kusile plants were expected to be completed by 2021 but that date might be reviewed again as a result of the continu-ing strike.

Plaasaanval: suksesvolle arrestasieAmanda Basson ([email protected])

POLOKWANE – ‘n Man wat na bewering verantwoordelik was vir die aanval op Dr George Meyer (79) en sy vriendin Tersia Prinsloo twee weke gelede is op Woensdag 22 April vasgetrap.

Twee mans is ook vasgetrek vir die besit van gesteelde eiendom wat tydens die voor-val geneem is.

Lede van die Polokwane Ernstige Geweld-misdaad eenheid het die verdagtes gear-resteer en het ook sommige van die gesteelde goedere onder andere die vuurwapens terug-gevind. Die vuurwapens was aan die onder-stel van ‘n bakkie vasgemaak waarmee dit vervoer is.

Foto: Die Spoorsnyers (Facebook).


VAALWATER – In die vierde aanval in minder as twee maande in dié streek is ‘n plaasbestuurder van Vaalwater verlede Vrydagoggend ernstig aangerand en raak-geskiet.

Ian van Druten (44), die bestuurder op die plaas Olifantsbeen, het die honde op sy werf hoor blaf in die vroeë oggendure en bui-tentoe gegaan om te gaan ondersoek instel toe hy deur drie mans oorval is.

Ian het vir sy vrou, Wilma, geskreeu om die veiligheidshek van die woning te sluit terwyl hy besig was om met die aanvallers te stoei. Twee skote is afgevuur. Minstens een het hom in die gesig getref. Die aanvallers ook 'n vuurwapen op Wilma gerig, maar haar nie raakgeskiet nie.

Sy het toe die plaaslike gemeenskap-spolisiëringstak en polisie gekontak en hulle is uit na die toneel.

Daar is gepoog is om die aanvallers se voetspore te volg, maar dit het by ‘n stroom-pie doodgeloop.

Vierde Vaalwater plaasaanvalVolgens Kol Ronel Otto, die Limpopo

polisiewoordvoerder, is Van Druten se toes-tand kritiek maar bestendig. Hy is tans in die hoësorgeenheid van Unitas-hospitaal in Pretoria.

Die aanval volg op verlede week se aan-val op Dr George Meyer (79) en sy vriendin, 'n aanval op 'n bejaarde egpaar enkele weke vantevore asook die verkragting van 'n vrou helder oordag in die Dorset-area.

Van Druten se aanval het mense regoor die land geskok nadat nuus van die aanval op sosiale netwerke versprei is en verskeie opro-epe is gemaak vir mense om die Van Drutens in hulle gebede te dra.

Sondagoggend het baie kerke in die Lephalale-omgewing ‘n spesiale gebed gedoen om plaasaanvalle en aanvalle teen buitelanders halt te roep.

"Ek woon ook op 'n plaas in die Vaalwater omgewing," het een vrou aan Noordelike Nuus gesê. "Ek sukkel in die aande om te slaap omdat ek so bang is, dis net my gebede wat my krag gee."

Police official in shooting dramaTAFELKOP – The long weekend ended in tragedy for two innocent victims and the police official who allegedly took their lives.

Last Saturday, a police constable and his girlfriend were apparently hitch-hiking on the Tafelkop road when a driver who passed gave them a lift. W/O Frans Mokoena of the Lephalale SAPS says investigations show that they asked the driver to stop.

The couple left a bag in the vehicle and the driver must have turned around to hand it back to them when he probably saw the constable shooting his 27-year-old girlfriend four times in the upper body. The constable turned the gun on the driver and shot him in the head. Both victims passed away on the scene.

The shooter then allegedly took the ve-hicle and drove a short distance down the Vaalwater gravel road where he took his own life.The police constable used his service firearm during the incident.


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LEPHALALE – Die boervroue van die omgewing het hulself op 22 April ‘n kans gegun om hulle kennis en vernuftigheid met vuurwapens te verbreed.

TJ du Plessis van Orion wapen opleiding het ‘n groep van omtrent tien vrouens tou-wys gemaak oor die nuwe vuurwapenwet en ook ‘n paar riglyne gegee oor hoe om ‘n vuurwapen reg te gebruik: “Enigiemand wat ‘n vuurwapen besit moet daarmee vertroud raak en oefen om dit blitsvinnig en akkuraat te gebruik.”

Volgens Du Plessis is dit belangrik om in enige aanval kalm te bly en daarop te fokus om jouself en jou familie te beskerm: "Vrouens moet leer om vertroue in hulself en hul vermoëns te hê,” het hy gesê.

Dr Susan Rothmann-Lyons, ‘n berader wat ook die vroue toegespreek het, het genoem dat trauma ‘n onnatuurlike ding is wat met gewone mense gebeur. “Mense moet nooit dink dat ‘n aanval nie met hulle kan gebeur nie,” het Dr Rothmann-Lyons gesê.

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Horrific car crashLEPHALALE – A double-trailer truck was on its way to Medupi last Friday at about 12:30 when it collided with a bakkie on the corner of Nelson Mandela and Rupert streets. According to W/O Frans Mokoena eyewitnesses said that the bakkie was driving over the crossing when the truck approached. The truck tried to swerve, but drove over the bakkie. According to reports the driver of the bakkie is in a stable condition at a local hospital.

“Dis belangrik om klein goedjies te doen om jouself te beveilig soos om seker te maak dat jou voertuig se deure gesluit is en dat die veiligheidshek by jou woning gesluit is.”

Die dames is ook ‘n geleentheid gegun om ‘n paar skote op die skietbaan te gaan afvuur terwyl Du Plessis hulle gewys het hoe om hulle skietkuns te verfyn.

As SA’s power crisis deepens, businesses and households are opting to beat power cuts by acquiring back-up and renewable energy solutions – from generators through to sophisticated solar photovoltaic (PV) and inverter solutions. But as with any industry that sees sudden demand, criminals have not missed the opportunity to cash in by selling stolen property to consumers looking to save a quick buck.

Generators are being stolen out of gar-dens and solar panels are disappearing off rooftops. “It’s essential that homeowners check that their sum insured is sufficient to cover the replacement of the building along with any new fixtures and fittings,” says Mandy Barrett of insurance brokerage and risk advisors, Aon South Africa.

It is essential to keep your insurance cov-ers up to date, especially when additions are made to your home or property. “Additional home improvements will either increase your homeowners insurance, or will increase your household contents replacement value, depending on whether the improvement is a fixed feature or a portable solution like a generator. Check with your insurer whether the sum that you are insured for adequately covers any home additions. If you are unsure, engage the services of a professional broker who is equipped to guide you through the

Criminals target generators and solar panels

process and ensure that you are not left out of pocket,” urges Mandy.

Any addition of an alternative energy so-lution to your home will most likely require the assistance of an electrician. “You may open yourself up to problems that could arise out of using dubious electrical contractors, if you don’t know what to look out for.

“Make sure the people you use are repu-table service providers who are bona fide members of their respective representative organisations, such as being a member of the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA),” says Mandy.

Taking appropriate security measures to safeguard your investment against would-be criminals is advised. “A generator should be chained or housed within a lockable metal cage,” says Mandy. “Ensure that your secu-rity gates and electric fencing are always in working order, and arm your property alarm when you leave the premises. In this regard, outdoor, pet-friendly alarm sensors are a great addition to your security measures, and will pick up any unwelcome visitors before they have a chance to get inside.”

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Misdaad brokkiesMOKOPANE - Twee van die ses vermeende rowers wat vulstasies in Mokopane, Polo-kwane en Jane Furse geroof het, is volgens die Limpopo polisie vasgetrek.

MARAPONG – On 26 April four suspects were arrested for possession of presumably stolen property in Marapong Extension 4 when the police received information that the owner of the house was having stolen build-

ing material on his premises. Material to the value on R4 702 was confiscated and the le-gitimate owner of the property was contacted to identify his property.

MARAPONG - On 27 April police received information that there was a white Mazda 323 that was going to be used in a business robbery in Marapong. The police found the vehicle at the Medupi T-junction and took the owner back to his house where they con-fiscated electronic equipment to the value of R50 000 and arrested four suspects.

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LEPHALALE – The alleged involvement of Zimbabwean citizens in violent attacks in this area has sparked serious conflict be-tween the farmers, the community and the foreign nationals.

According to reports the serious attack on Michael Beukes and his wife who was resid-ing in the Vaalwater area, was instigated by a Zimbabwean national. In another attack a man was killed in the Lephalale area when he tried to stop a domestic dispute between a Zimbabwean citizen and his South African girlfriend. These incidents have caused a frenzy on social media networks with many South Africans, including AfriForum, calling for the legislation that allow Zimbabweans to work in South Africa for 90 days without a visa, to be recalled.

Although most people are opposed to the xenophobic attacks ravaging the coun-try lately, employers have been cautioned against employing Zimbabweans without ensuring that they have the proper documen-tation. “Farmers should not be tempted to let somebody provide cheap labour without taking proper precautions to ensure that the worker is legally in the country,” one farmer warned. One resident in Marapong

The Zimbabwean labour issuetold Northern News: “We have many foreign nationals in our community who are not working they come to SA looking for work, but we don’t even have enough work for our own people.”

The government together with several big organisations and individuals have widely condemned all attacks on foreign nationals in this country.

“Not all people who come from Zimba-bwe are violent,” one Zimbabwean who did not want to be named said. She is living in a one room shack in Marapong which she shares with her South African boyfriend and her three children.

“Our country (Zimbabwe) is very poor and people are desperate to get work and provide food for our children,” she said “Most Zimbabweans want to live in peace with our neighbours in South Africa. We do not want to go back to Zimbabwe.”

In an effort to ensure that foreign nation-als feel welcome in SA the communications Minister Faith Muthambi embarked on an outreach programme on Friday 24 April at Musina and the Beit Bridge border post en-titled “We are all Africans”. This programme was seen as a great success by the govern-ment and was aimed at creating positive for-eign relations with other African nations.

LEPHALALE – Die ouens by Remax het hierdie week weer bewys dat elkeen sy deel kan doen om iets vir die gemeenskap te beteken.

Die Remax kantoor het verlede Vrydag besluit om besoek te gaan aflê by die plaaslike DBV en sommer ons viervoetige vriende te bederf met kos en komber-sies.

Volgens Chantelle Navias het hulle een keer 'n maand 'n gemeenskapsdi-ensprojek en hierdie keer het hulle besluit om bietjie die DBV van hulp te wees:

"Dis vir ons ongelooflike lekker om te help en toe ons hoor van die groot nood onder die diere was ons almal gretig om betrokke te raak," het Chantelle gesê.

Remax het sowat 14 pakke kos vir honde en katte geskenk sowel as komb-ersies vir die koue maande wat kom.

Remax reik hand uit

MOKOPANE – Employees of MBD took time last week to add their voices to the call against xenophobia that has engulfed SA.

The employees of the company took to the streets with placards and chanting: “We Say No!”. They urged passing motorists and passers-by to hoot and shout out against the recent xenophobic attacks.

“We regard ourselves as responsible

Employees says no to Xenophobia

citisens, and when our employees urged us to add our voice to this call we saw it as befitting,” said an MBD representative. “We have a branch in Botswana, so we regard ourselves as an African company, rather than a SA company."

This initiative by MBD employees co-incided with the #NoToXenophobia march which took place in Johannesburg last week.

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Minda Marshallis married to Thomas Marshall and the dedicated mother of their three children. She is involved in various training and education institutions. She co-pastors Destiny Alive Family Church with her husband Thomas and they oversee CAL, a registered Private FET College and MDA private school in Mokopane. Minda is an educationalist and researcher in reading and has developed innovative reading solutions like LAB-on-line for more than 17 years through their company LectorSA. Minda is passionate about educat-ing and empowering parents, children, teachers and educa-tors to discover their internal strengths and to maximize their abilities. She trains leaders around the world.

Learning curve

By Minda Marshall

In our previous discussion, we looked at the importance of internal structure. What we are building into our children through our daily interaction with them is very impor-tant.

Raising our children in this day and age is challenging. We are not sure about tomor-row’s economic environment, or what will happen at the end of next week. Our lives are changing all the time. The American Depart-ment of Futureworks estimates that 65% of today's school kids will end up at jobs that haven’t been created yet. This means our children will be doing jobs that do not even exist today. This is why people all over the globe are asking questions about the future of education. Are we really busy teaching our children what is needed for a better future?

Howard Gardner, Ph.D., defined "Five Minds for the Future" which are mental skills that will be very important in the years ahead. The way we raise our children can give them a platform to develop these skills and other important characteristics and set them up for a successful life! Let’s take a look at these five minds.

A disciplined mind has developed a deep ongoing understanding of a specific area by mastering an important subject. This could

be anything from carpentry to a deep under-standing of history. So find out what interests your child. Start to develop these interests, it could become their future. This mind has self-control and wants to become an expert in a specific subject. Use every opportunity to teach your child to have ‘stickability’. Don’t allow him/her to quit halfway. Learn to finish every assignment.

The combining mind can understand and evaluate information from different sources and can make meaningful associations while avoiding false or fruitless ones. Teach your child to stay out of unfruitful discussions, for instance, don’t get stuck in the past. Find ways of becoming better so that the future will be better. Sport is an area that is very well suited to training our children for this. If your child loses a competition, stop blaming the referee or the coach (in order to make the child feel better), or anybody else for that matter. Teach your child to take responsibil-ity. Look at the options, decide together how to do it better the next time. This mind can create, produce, integrate, combine, and find new answers to old problems!

The solution mind formulates valuable new ideas and perspectives and innovates new things. Give your child opportunity to ‘think outside the box’. Create an environ-ment at home where they are allowed to find

Equip your children with mental skillsnew ways of doing things. This mind is used to invent, think of new things, and start new ways of doing things.

The respectful mind has knowledge of and respect for diverse cultures. We live in a world that is becoming smaller and smaller – as well as in a country with many diverse cultures and ideas.

Teach your child how to respect, value and esteem other people who are different from us. Being different gives us opportuni-ties to find new ways of doing things! If we can look at each other without thinking the one is better than the other, we can begin to build a better future together.

The ethical mind acts as a 'good citizen' in difficult situations. Teach your child to be open-minded. It is important that we con-sider what would be beneficial for all. How can we structure our lives in order to take our family, community, town and even country forward? This means we take up our respon-sibility to live lives that will be beneficial to those around us and stop thinking of myself first.

So ask yourself… How do I create oppor-tunities for my child to grow in these areas through my choices? Remember the most fertile soil for growth is not always high in the mountains, but below in the valleys. If your child can go through a challenging time with

you beside him/her to encourage and assist him/her in developing a positive mind-set, a willing attitude, and a breakthrough mental-ity, you have won a war, and set your child on the pathway of success. As parents we are creating the future through the way we raise our children!

DA maak strate skoonLEPHALALE – Mense in die Kameeldoring-straat-omgewing was die naweek in hulle noppies toe hulle sien dat die DA besluit het om hulle straat skoon te vee.

Volgens Astrid Basson, een van die DA raadslede, was die straat lankal ‘n oog seer vir die inwoners. "Ons het verskeie klagtes gekry oor die sand wat so opgehoop het na die reën in die pragtige woongebied en het besluit om dit self skoon te maak."

Mense wat in die omgewing woon was so beïndruk dat hulle sommer self aangesluit het by die groepie en selfs koeldranke aange-dra het vir 'n lafenis na die harde werk.

MOKOPANE - Members of the community and motorists have noticed repairs and maintenance taking place on roads in sev-eral areas of Mokopane.

Malesela Selokela, spokesperson of the Mogalakwena Municipality has confirmed the municipality is focusing on service deliv-ery; therefore five contractors have been giv-ing the go-ahead to do the necessary work.

Keep up the good work!

Contractors hard at work repairing pot holes at the Nylpark parking area.


MOKOPANE - “Strike Force Sekuriteit verdien ‘n pluimpie”. Dit was die woorde van Elmarie Oosthuizen van Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) na haar gesteelde skootrekenaar binne enkele minute na dit gesteel is deur Strike Force aan haar terug-besorg is.

Oosthuizen, ‘n leerkrag by (HPP), is niksvermoedend na die skool se oueraand verlede week van haar skootrekenaar besteel. ‘n Man in sy vroeë twintigs is deur een van Strike Force se reaksie lede as verdag geïdentifiseer nadat hy met ‘n sak wat soos die van ‘n skootrekenaar gelyk het

Pluimpie vir sekuriteit firmain nabye bosse verdwyn het. Die bosse is oor- kant die sekuriteitfirma in Hoogestraat geleë. Die verdagte het op die vlug probeer slaan na hy deur die sekuriteitlede genader is.

‘n Faktuur in die skootrekenaar sak met ‘n telefoonnommer daarop het lede na die regmatige eienaar van die be-trokke rekenaar gelei.

Oosthuizen was baie verbaas en ook beïndruk met die lede se flink optrede.

“Dit was ‘n groot gelukskoot, het Oost-huizen dankbaar gesê. Strike Force verdien ‘n pluimpie”.

Bo: Strike Force reaksie lede Werner Landman, Dawid Piet-erse en Willie Harmse se flink optrede ‘n dief gestuit het.


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MOKOPANE - Marici Welding, a teacher from Waterberg High School in Mokopane, is not your average teacher. Welding’s friendly approach along with her passion for both children and swimming makes it a no brainer when it comes to volunteering for being the school’s swimming coach.

Her passion and perseverance has brought her to getting the green light from the Mogalakwena Municipality in using their facilities for the school to start with swimming lessons to all Waterberg High School’s learners who are eager to be trained in the school’s new sports disci-pline. “I faced many challenges prior to get-ting this far,” says Welding. “Even though this sport only kicked off recently for our school, we are taking baby steps towards advanced and competitive swimming,” she adds.

Skut wys potensiaalZelda Genis, ‘n Graad 11 leerder van die Potgietersrus CVO Skool het op 18 April aan die Ben Vorster skyfskietkompetisie in Tzaneen deelgeneem en uitsonderlik goed presteer.

Genis wat saam met Limpopo se skuts deelgeneem het, behaal ’n tweede plek in lê, staan en kniel posisie. Sy het algeheel in die 3p posisie ook ’n tweede plek behaal. In die 10m Olimpiese skiet behaal Genis ’n derde plek en ’n algehele derde plek in die o/21 Sporter afdeling.

Regs: Zelda Genis, is ’n kranige skut van die Potgietersrus CVO Skool - hier is sy in die kniel posisie tydens ’n skyfskietkompe-tisie in Tzaneen teen Hoërskool Ben Vorster.

MOKOPANE - Die Potgietersrus CVO Skool se toppresteerders op akademiese vlak vir die eerste kwartaal is onlangs aangekondig.

Hulle is:Graad 4 (prestasie bo 80%) se toppre-

steerder is Edrich de Waal. Amicus de Beer is in die tweede posisie en Wikus Pretorius is derde.

Graad 5 (prestasie bo 90%) se toppre-steerder is Anke Weideman en in die tweede posisie is JF van der Merwe. Jolanie Nel is derde.

Graad 6 (prestasie bo 87%) se toppre-steerder is Danél Hoogenboezem. Nica Pis-torius is in die tweede en Alma Kotze in die derde posisie.

Graad 7 (prestasie bo 84%). Die top-presteerder van Graad 7 is Lené Nel. Corli Pretorius is tweede en in die derde posisie is Illandré Pont.

Graad 8 (prestasie bo 89%) se top pre-

MOKOPANE - On Saturday 25 April, Charles and Carlo Smith, both students at Moko-pane English Combined School (MECS) par-ticipated at the Kasparov Chess Foundation Orion Group Open.

The championship was organised by Chess Excellence in conjunction with Hyenas Chess Club in Braamfontein Gauteng.

Charles, also the head boy of MECS and his brother Carlo in Grade 11, were the only two Limpopo participants at the event for CHESSA registered players.

It was a five round Swiss-Draw tourna-ment where they played 60/60 minutes timed games with notation. Both brothers had a hard but enjoyable day and performed very admirably in a tough championship.

MECS and their coach Caroline Smith are very proud of them. Well done Charles and Carlo!

For more information on Chess in Moko-pane contact Caroline on 082 492 3130.

Right: Carlo Smith concentrates while being at the recent Kasparov Chess Foundation Orion Group Open.

MOKOPANE - Vier stoeiers van Hoërskool Piet Potgieter (HPP) het die afgelope naweek aan die Mpumalanga Stoei Ope teen 780 stoeiers meegeding en uitstek-end presteer.

Juan de Beer en Rosie Pieterse het elk ’n silwermedalje verower. Monique Venter het skitterend gevaar en ’n Goue medalje opgeraap. Venter gaan eersdaags die o/17 Kadette Protea span in Egipte verteen-woordig en is ook op die stoei program geplaas vir deelname aan die 2020 Olimp-iese Spele.

Nolene Jonker was genoop om te ont-trek tydens die kompetisie weens ’n rib-besering.

CVO Skool se toppresteerderssteerder is Liezel van Schalkwyk en in die tweede posisie is Martelie van Zyl. Sue Be-zuidenhout is derde.

Graad 9 (prestasie bo 86%) se top pre-steerder is Sumé Venter met Limari Genis tweede. Carli Kühn is die derde beste pre-steerder vir Graad 9.

Graad 10 (prestasie bo 85%): Louis Boshoff is sy graad se toppresteerder. In die tweede posisie Christiaan Putter. Mariska Ge-nis is die derde beste presteerder.

Graad 11 (prestasie bo 77%) se toppre-steerder is Ilze-Marie van Schalkwyk. Anja Meyer is in die tweede en Lumari Smit in die derde posisie.

Graad 12 (prestasie bo 78%) se toppre-steerder is Gerda Goosen en in die tweede posisie is Johan Botha. Léan Lensley is die derde beste presteerder in sy graad.

Die skool het die leerders gelukgewens en bedank vir hulle harde werk en toewyding.

Check mate for Smith brothers

Charles Smith against one of his opponents at the recent Kasparov Chess Foundation Orion Group Open.

Swim coach’s passion is her driving forceWelding explains that coaching is about

developing people. Her goal is for the learn-ers to achieve great success and more specifically for them to enjoy every moment thereof. Northern News visited the learners at the municipal swimming pool while still at their very first stages of training. An exited group, from 14-years and older faced the icy wind and eagerly awaited further instruction from Welding. A fun hour training session fol-lowed under the watchful eye of a life saver.

Welding’s passion for the sport began in her adult years as she started competing in the well known Midmar Mile and later also taking part in distance swimming at Ebene-zer Dam. She completed the latter twice.

“It is so rewarding to see these swimmers developing, regardless the pace. And know-ing that you are a part of the reason why they develop is even more rewarding,“ says Welding.

A group of training learners from Waterberg High School at the Mogalakwena Municipal Swimming Pool eagerly awaits another swimming lesson from their coach and teacher, Marici Welding.

Stoeiers presteer goed by kragmeting

Bo regs: Monique Venter op die stoei mat tydens die onlangse Mpumalanga Stoei Ope.

Regs: Monique Venter en Rosie Pieterse. Afwesig: Juan de Beer.


LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary se Rugbyspanne het behoorlik hul man gestaan by die afgelope naweek se Super 8 Toer-nooi wat deur Laerskool Pietersburg-Noord aangebied is.

Die kompetisie was taai en daar was geen plek om weg te kruip nie. Die Bossies se o/9, o/10-, o/11- en eerste spanne het met groot ywer deelgeneem en hulself teen die beste skole van Limpopo getoets.

Hoewel hulle onderskeidelik met twee gesamentlike vyfde plekke, ‘n vyfde plek en ‘n sesde plek tevrede moes wees, het elke seun hom uitstekend van sy taak gekwyt en die skool se naam hoog gehou.

Die Bossie afrigters kan tevrede voel met die ondervinding wat hul spanne opgedoen het teen sterk kompetisie en weet dat dit handig te pas kan kom in die komnende ligawedstryde volgende maand.

Laerskool Bosveld Primary wil graag sy

LEPHALALE - Laerskool Bosveld Primary se o/11-netbalspannetjie het skitterend vertoon in die afgelope naweek se Super 8 Toernooi wat aangebied is deur Laerskool Pieters-burg-Noord.

Hierdie spannetjie het eerste geëindig in hulle ouderdomsgroep deur Laer-skool Bergland met 15-10 in die finaal te klop. Die Bossies se O/13A-span het ook goed gedoen deur met Laerskool Phalaborwa af te reken. Laerskool Bosveld Primary is baie trots op die bogenoemde netbalpresta-sies.

LEPHALALE - Hoërskool Ellisras se rugby en netbal spanne het skoonskip gemaak in ‘n sportdag 23 April teen Hoërskool Warm-bad op Warmbad.

Die eerstespan wen 22-10 en drieë word gedruk deur Jaydon Jacobs, Pieter du Ples-sis, Charl Louw en Johan Pitout. Wat veral positief is, is dat die span sonder sleutelspel-ers soos Michael Kotze, Ruan Louw, Roaan Janse van Rensburg en Albert Williams moes speel wat herstel van beserings.

Nietemin wys dit die eerstespan het

Bosveld veg dapper by Super 8 Toernooi

dank uitspreek teenoor al die ouers wat so mooi saamgewerk het om hierdie toernooi te ondersteun en ook vir die feit dat hulle hul kinders beskikbaar gestel het om oor die langnaweek deel te neem aan die rugby toernooi.

Bossies se Netbalspannetjies blink uit

Op die foto is die trotse O/13-spannetjie kort na hul oorwinning teen Phalaborwa.

EHS speel hul harte uit!diepte. Die Rassies se tweede span wen 47 - 0, o/16 Rassies wen 19-15 en glo dit, die o/15’s wen 72-0! Wat ‘n fees van drieë! Die Rassies se o/14’s wen ook met 29-7.

Rassie-netbal is tops! Die o/15 span wen 6-3, o/16 wen 18-11 en die eerstespan wen so hitte-te met 18-17!

Gedurende 27 April neem die Rassies in groot getalle deel aan die Bokkieweekproewe in Mookgophong. Handevol Rassies maak die spanne! o/14: Anthony Williams, Revel de Bruin, Divan Geldenhuys, MC Steenekamp en GP du Preez. o/16’s wat die span gemaak het is, Rynu Vosloo, Louwtjie Steenekamp (kranige hekkies atleet), en as reserwes JD Smit en Janus Reynecke. o/19 is Roaan Janse van Rensburg ‘n reserwe.

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By Christie Thomas

How does one define a BIG bass? To some a big bass will weigh anything from 2kg up, whereas others consider a big bass 4kg+.

To me a BIG bass is relative. It depends where you are fishing and what the average size of the resident bass are. For example, if you are fishing for bass in Zimbabwe, Bo-tswana, KwaZulu-Natal, or any other warm regions notorious for producing large bass, a 2kg fish would be considered average. How-ever, if you are fishing in Gauteng, Freestate or other cooler highveld regions, a 2kg+ bass would be considered big.

Personally? If the bass is large enough to get your juices flowing...it is a large bass. It doesn’t matter whether it is a 2kg bass or a 5kg monster.

Big bass are wily candidates and you need a good strategy if you want to consis-tently catch them. There are several factors to consider when targeting big fish. Add these together and your chances of catching big bass increase.

HabitatBig fish do not move around much.

Their age and experience has taught them the most ideal location for their survival,

Fishing with Christie

Hunting big Bassand they will stay in this area.

What is ideal ‘territory’ for big bass? Any area that can provide plenty of food, oxygen (moving water or aquatic plant life), cover and easy access to deep water, feeding flats and spawning areas

ForageIt is important to determine the predomi-

nant fodder for bass (species of bait fish, crustacean, or a combination of both) in the water you are fishing. In SA, forage would most likely consist of any of the tilapia or bream species, barbs (ghieliemientjie), carp (fry), crabs and freshwater invertebrates / crustaceans.

Big bass do not like to waste energy chasing down food. They will live in an area where food is abundant and where cover can be used for ambush.

TackleOnce you have determined the main spe-

cies of forage, use this knowledge to select your lures. ‘Match the hatch’ – a term often used by fly fishermen, is my number one guide to selecting lures when targeting big bass. What time of the year is it? Spring / early summer when bait fish are recently hatched and relatively small, or late summer

/ autumn when bait have had a whole season to grow into a decent size? Select your lure size and colour to match this season’s hatchlings.

Big bass often live in areas seldom targeted by fishermen because they are too difficult to fish and heavy with cover. You will need a stout rod and reel (heavy action), good qual-ity line and hooks. Check your line / hooks often whilst fishing. Frayed line = lost fish. Hooks bent open = bad hookset. Tro-phy bass often only give you one chance for a good solid hookset. Don’t waste it.

PreparationTake the time to study your

target, the water you will be fishing and look for the right areas to fish. Do not waste time thrashing water. Learn to look at big water with a small water mind-set. Break down a large body of water into small areas, and fish each area as though it is a small pond. Determine where the feeding flats are, break lines, migration routes and deep water. Look for areas that = food + cover + escape route (deep water).

Mind-SetTrophy bass anglers don't often catch a

lot of small to medium sized fish because these are not the fish they are hunting. This

is a quantity vs. quality situation. If you still get high on catching 50-60 bass a day then chances are trophy fishing is not your style yet. Hunting big bass may mean that you will only catch a couple of fish for the day, but those fish will be quality fish. Get your mind-set right before setting out on this quest.

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