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Hundreds of patients at Philadelphia Hospital in Dennilton go to bed onempty stomachs as the Limpopo Department of Health struggles to paysuppliers. Earlier this year the hospital experienced the same problem

No Payment No Foodat Philadelphia

Some visitor waiting for visiting hour to arrive in order togive their relatives food after the hospital fails to feedpatients.

after the department failed to pay suppliers.The same problem is experienced by most hos-pitals in Limpopo Province as they have report-edly run out of food because service providershad failed to deliver food since they had notbeen paid.The problem led to some patients begging forfood from relatives and friends of other patientsin the hospital. The hospital staff sometimesdonates money to buy food for patients but thismay not be the solution.An insider, who doesn’t want to be names, told

Some of the patients wait vulnerably and ask for food fromthe passersby who visit their relatives in the hospital.

“Sometimespatients have to

skip some oftheir meals as

there is no foodat all."

the Dispatch that food shortages in the hospital is a long term issue andthe department is doing nothing to get rid of the problem.She said: “Sometimes patients have to skip some of their meals as thereis no food at all. We heard that the department is paying too little moneyto the suppliers and this led the supplier to buy too little food.”She went on: “On Tuesday 3 June it was tragic because there was nothingto serve for the day, the service provider urged to go to Moutse Mall tobuy food but it was served for that evening only. Many suppliers havebeen appointed but they leave as the department is struggling to paythem. Some of the visitors are told by nurses that they should bring foodfor their relatives.”She concluded: “It is challenging to work in a situation that you have towatch helpless patients go hungry because of the department’s negli-gence. We sometimes serve them two slices of bread and juice but thatis not balanced nutrition. The department must act on this matterbecause it seems like it keeps on growing as time goes on,”A patient who has been a patient at Philadelphia Hospital for eight yearsMr. Sinky Masoga told the Dispatch that he is now used to hunger asthe hospital fails to give them food. “The situation is bad here and I missto go home,” he said.A community member who was visiting his relative said: “I found outfrom other visitors that they had heard rumours that we now have to bringfood for the patients. This is very painful and it's going to be an extraburden on me because I also struggle to get enough food at home.”Elias Motsoaledi Ward 10 Councillor Seun Mogotji also condemned theproblem of food shortages in the hospital. He said this is evidentiary thefact where a situation arises whereby patients in Philadelphia Hospitalare being subjected to conditions in which they are not fed. He said thisis against the constitution of the Country as food supplies in hospitals

are also a basic human right.Mogotji concluded: “Patients within the ambitof the hospital are being the victims due to the

fact that the depart-ment fails to ensurethat service providersdo their job of provid-ing patients with nu-tritional food whenthey are being medi-cally cared of. The sta-tus which thereforeexists within the Hos-pital is to say atro-cious where the fami-

lies of patient become responsible to feed theirrelatives as the hospital has failed in its man-date to oblige. Once again the citizens of thiscountry have been misled by political propa-ganda prior to the elections that promised abetter life for all and to vote for the party concerned only to bedisillusioned within one month after the elections.”The Limpopo Department of Health Spokesperson Macks Lesufi told theDispatch that food shortages allegations at Philadelphia Hospital are nottrue.“There is enough food in Philadelphia Hospital to feed the patients. Thisis the beginning of the new financial year and the department cannotallow patients to go hungry on a daily basis,” he said.

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DAN MDLULIIn a move to enhance service delivery in areas under its jurisdiction, theEphraim Mogale Local Municipality acquired technical service toolsworth R9.2 million on Tuesday. According to the municipality theacquisition of the tools followed consultative programs conducted inthe communities where a need for the latter arose.The technical support equipment comprises two graders and TLBs,three tippers trucks, six bakkies, one half-ton truck and two sedans. Thevehicles and the heavy duty equipment are envisaged for use in various

Machinery worth R9.2million for service deliverytechnical sections of the municipality’s four areas jurisdiction in theadvancement of services delivery. The four areas of the local municipal-ity are Matlerekeng, Elandskraal Leeufontein and Rakgoadi.In her short speech during the handover of the vehicles and theequipment, the Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality Mayor, YvonneMmakola indicated that the acquired tools would work efficiently underthe supervision of the community. She further advised the communityto indicate to the municipality in case there was a challenge in the usageof the vehicles and the equipment. The handover took place in MarbleHall. Jan Phasha, spokesperson of the municipality said it was difficultto ensure heightened service delivery in the communities in the absenceof the vehicles and the machinery. Phasha said the tools were in responseto service delivery needs. He further said “According to the councildecision the equipment will be shared among four areas of the munici-pality. We have a management system in all the four satellite offices tooversee proper usage of the equipment to ensure heightened servicedeliver to all communities.”

Sixth Annual Career Expo forSekhukhune pupils

Recently, Pearl Edu-vision held its 6th AnnualCareer Expo that was held in SchoonhoordPeter Nchabeleng Hall at Jane Furse underMakhuduthamaga Local Municipality.Pearl Edu-Vision is a Public Benefit Organiza-tion that seeks to encourage learners to selectpure Mathematics and Science as their pre-ferred subjects. It is also the co-founder of theAnnual Sekhukhune Career Expo. Pearl Edu-Vision plays a role in assisting the studentswho benefit from the organization by obtainingbursaries and internships to further their stud-ies. About 1 300 learners from 19 schools at-tended the event. When addressing the learn-ers, the guest speakers Dr Lesiba Maphososaid learners must study very hard and don’tlook at their poor family backgrounds as it doesnot determine their futures. Another speakerDr. Morokolo Sathekge said: “Only you candecide whether you are worth a R12 of airtimeor to be the executive of the company thatproduces that airtime”. Speaking on behalf ofthe South African Qualifications Authority(SAQA) Dineo Kgabalo said learners have aright to choose where they want to study. She

explained that if learners are not certain whetherthe tertiary institution that they want to studyat is registered or not, they can contact SAQAfor more details. In conclusion, the Founderand Executive Director of AMSCED (Centre forMaths Science and Commercial Education) andalso Pearl Edu-Vision local coordinator Mr.Majeletje Mogaladi said: “The career expo notonly benefits the learners in terms of providingvocational and career advice. The benefits ex-tend to the local community around which theexpo is held. Goods and services used andconsumed during the career expo are mainlysourced locally from suppliers in the vicinity.Almost 80% of all goods and services aresourced from local women owned businesseswhilst 9% is spent at youth owned businesses.

Ephraim Mogale Local MunicipalityMayor Councellor Yvonne Mmakola(ingreen overalls) flacked by councellorsduring the vehicle and machineryhandover in Marble Hall on Tuesday.

Yvonne Mmakola and councellorEliah Monyamane during thehandover of vehicles and machineryin Marble Hall on Tuesday.

Mayor Yvonne Mmakola showing oneof the roller compactors handed overto the municipality on Tuesday forimprovement of service delivery in itsfour areas.

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30 Years after its establishment, Sereme Com-bined School has never received any mainte-nance and is now starting to collapse little bylittle. Classrooms are in a bad state and thetoilets are totally dilapidated. The ceiling iscollapsing and now educators and parents fearthat learners could be injured by the fallingceiling if it is not repaired in time.The school’s toilets stopped working becausethey have not been maintained for a long time.Learners are now depending on a few pit toiletsthat have been built through donations byparents. The toilets are also in a bad state. Thereare no doors as a result of vandalism due to thepoor security standard of the school. The schoolGoverning Body (SGB) approached theLimpopo Department of Education many times

Sereme Combined Schoolcollapsing

Some of the pit toilets that were builtthrough parents donations are also ina very bad state. Learners do not usethem anymore as they fear that theycould fall inside.

demanding assistance but with no success. ASGB member, who is heading the educationdesk at the school Mr Cassel Masilela, spoke toThe Dispatch. “The building is very old and ifyou want to repair it, the quotation is going up.We made a follow up with the circuit and districtbut nothing has been done up to so far. Thesituation is very bad here where children’s rightto privacy is been violated when some have towatch while other learners relieves themselvesat the fields. This is a school that was build bythe former Kwa-Ndebele Government and wasnever maintained by our current government.We understand that we are not the only af-fected school but the government must act. Wewill engage them by making follow ups until ourdemands are met by the Limpopo Departmentof Education,” he said. The Limpopo EducationDepartment’s Spokesperson Mr Pitsi Malobatold the Dispatch that they know about thesituation at the school and it is on their emer-gency list. “As the department we are still busywith some schools that were damaged by stormsbut Sereme combined School is on our prioritylist. We will be starting with renovations andmaintenance soon after we worked out ourbudget,” he said.

The school’s SGB member Mr. CasselMasilela showing the damaged toiletsat Sereme Combined School.

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On Friday 30 May, about two thousand community members fromvarious walks of life gathered at the Moses Mabotha Civic Hall for theSekhukhune District Municipality State of the District Address.The Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality Cllr MogoboDavid Magabe, MMC for Budget and Treasury Cllr Lionel Seloane, fiveMayors of local municipalities in Sekhukhune District, ward councillorsand other government dignitaries attended.Addressing the people, the Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune DistrictMunicipality Cllr Mogobo David Magabe said the municipality has donea tremendous progress to deliver services to the community includingwater as a basic human need.He said 40% of the population has access to piped water, 35% haveaccess to piped water on communal stands and only 25% have no accessto piped water.“These are statistics by Stats SA for 2011. We believe that these figureshave increased tremendously by this time in 2014 due to our massive roll-out of bulk water infrastructure projects and the continuous reticulationprojects in our villages,” he said.Magabe continues: “We also provided households with access toelectricity. Fetakgomo Municipality is at 95%, Makhuduthamaga Mu-nicipality 83%, 85% access for Elias Motsoaledi, Ephraim Mogale 81%and Greater Tubatse 46% have access to electricity. In 2001 as per censusresults, 25% of people in Sekhukhune had access to sanitation. How-ever, with our massive roll-out of VIP toilets projects across the DistrictMunicipality, we believe that currently in 2014, 35% of our people haveaccess to sanitation,”The Executive Mayor continued by saying that the multi-billion rand DeHoop Dam is completed, the municipality in collaboration with DWA hasconnected the pipe line from De Hoop Dam to the Steelbridge TreamentWorks which has also been completed. The commissioning of theTreatment Works and the pipe line from Steelbridge to Jane Furse hasnow commenced.He said another milestone project is the Groblesdal-Moutse East andMoutse West Bulk Water Supply. This project ranges from BloempoortVillage in Moutse East covering all Moutse villages until Malebitsa inMoutse West.“We are happy to announce that we are recording significant progressin this project worth 579 Million Rands and the project is envisaged tobe completed by 2015. It will supply over 80 thousand households.“We also spoke about the Groblersdal to Luckau project. It includesareas like Sephaku, Sterfontein, Tafelkop and Motetema. The project is

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practically complete but due to vandalism, DWAhas allocated 36 million rand to Lepelle North-ern Water to refurbish the project and it will becomplete in July this year,” he said.He added that the Zaaiplaas-Carbonites bulkpipe line project that covers villages like Nkosini,Dindela, Mathula, Phagong, Sehlakwana,Elandslaagte and the surrounding areas its 20kilometre bulk pipe line and the Pump stationare practically complete and the 3.8 mega litrereservoir will be completed in due course.

He said the Mooihoek-Tubatse Water Scheme bulk pipe line, the tenmega litres reservoir and the Water Treatment Plant at Ga-Maroga havebeen completed. This project will cover villages and areas such asPraktiseer, Bothashoek, Ga-Mashamothane, River Cross, Driekop, Ga-Maroga, and Diphale. The municipality is waiting for the off- takeagreement between Lepelle Northern Water and Lebalelo Water UsersAssociation to kick off so that it can start with water supply.“The Flag Boshielo Water Scheme will cover areas of Flag Boshielo Westfrom Leeuwfontein to Tsimanyane, Phokwane to Malope and others,water shortages will be a thing of the past in these areas. Progress is thatthe department has appointed Lepelle Northern Water to expand theWater Treatment Works to supply sustainable water. That will be from12 mega litre to 18 mega litre per day,” he said.Magabe said that the Oliphantspoort Scheme is currently supplyingwater to the people of Mohlaletsi, Lerajane, Nchabeleng, Mashung andGa-Nkoana. This multi-year project is currently under implementation tocover Tswereng, Mokopa and Ga-Seroka. Currently the scheme isrunning but requires additional water allocation from the OliphantspoortTreatment Works.“Lastly I want to report about the Nkadimeng Scheme Bulk WaterSupply. As part of celebrating 20 Years of Freedom majority of villagescatered by the scheme are receiving water, Maila-Segolo and Maila-Mokwadi and Mphanama are to name but a few. The number of villagescovered by the scheme is 37 villages for 85 thousand beneficiaries,”concluded Magabe.

The Executive Mayor of SekhukhuneDistrict Municipality Cllr MogoboDavid Magabe delivering a State ofDistrict Address.

The Moses Mabotha Civic Hall in Fetakgomo Local Mu-nicipality was fully packed with residents from differentwalks of Sekhukhune District to listen the State of theDistrict Address by Executive Mayor Shoes Magabe.

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Ndlovu's Vision to provide opportunities and hope through innovativeHealthcare, Childcare and Community Development is still benefitingthe people.An entrepreneurial project to promote beadwork done by a group ofwomen, The Gusty Gogos of Elandsdoorn in Dennilton, was taken underNdlovu Care Group’s wings a few years ago. In the search for a marketfor the beadwork, contact was made with Bayede Royal Wine Selection.Bayede (Hail to the King) is a job creating enterprise under the auspicesof King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu Nation. Zulu King GoodwillZwelithini is a Chardonnay and Merlot connoisseur and he particularlyenjoys his own Bayede, Royal Wine Selection’s 7-Icon series.These Elandsdoorn women felt honored to be part of the plight asBayede! Royal Wine Selection is the first South African wine to be listedin China, by US retail giant Walmart where King Goodwill Zwelithini'ssignature wine label, Bayede! has surprised many by winning a goldaward at the 5th international wine show in Yantai, China.

Gusty Gogos decorate WineThe competition was sponsored by Colombin,one of the world's main corkage manufacturers.The Italy based company commissioned aninternational panel of judges to give their im-pressions of a number of international anddomestic Chinese wines. Bayede! King ShakaJubilee Bordeaux blend 2006 made history whenit was awarded a gold accolade at this interna-tional wine show. Bayede! was the only SAwine that received a gold award. Only 4 goldaccolades in total were awarded at this show.Bayede has since been providing regular or-ders to the Gutsy Gogos for tradition Zulu LoveLetter Beadwork, which is used to decoratetheir prestigious wines.

Bayede launched theirwine on Wednesday28 May at the Diep indie Berg’s Venue. Diepin Die Berg has been aloyal supporter of vari-ous Ndlovu Programs.

Johannes Makola, 47years old, is a wellknown man inGroblersdal as every-body sees him cyclingaround deliveringnewspapers. But whatmost of us don’t knowis that he is a muchbetter runner. Thisyear he has run theComrades Marathonbetween Durban andPietermaritzburg forthe 14th time. His besttime ever was8hr10min but after aknee problem and age-ing as he says himselfhe thinks he will neverbreak that recordsagain. This year hehas completed the 89km grueling “down-hill” race in 10hrs05min. He says thankyou to The Dispatchand to Lion’s Guest-house for their yearlydonations to make thisrace possible for him.

Comrades 14times

47 year old Johannes Makola ran his14th Comrades Marathon this year.

T h eE l a n d s d o o r nGusty Gogosmake a markwhen decoratingBayede RoyalWine Selection.

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On Sunday 1 June the Premier Soccer Leaguewinners, Mamelodi Sundowns FC Academypaid a visit to the Moteti Sports Grounds toscout young players.In 2011 Mamelodi Sundowns President Patricereported that he would like to see more youngplayers from the team’s academy featuring regu-larly in the soccer team’s playing squad. Hesaid the club will also go out to look for youngplayers that will also feature in the academydevelopment.“The focus is on identifying the best of players,investing in youth and attracting them toSundowns which is very important. At themoment, just four members of the squad comefrom the academy. One of the mistakes that wemade was to focus on the better-establishedplayers, even though at our level it is important,but what is even more important is investmentin our youth,” Motsepe said.According to Mr Mogola, an Afro FC Coach,

Mamelodi SundownsDevelopment Academy

visits Moutsethe PSL League winners’ visit was to spot someyoung players around Moutse to be a part inbig soccer giants.“When we invite Sundowns Academy, ourmain objective was to give our young playersa chance to prove themselves in front of scoutscoming from big soccer teams. We have real-ised that some of the young soccer playersaround Moutse are good but they are notrecognized as they stay in rural areas. We arehappy about the Malelodi Sundowns’ visitbecause it motivated our players,” he said.He added that they had three matches playingwith the academy side during the day. He saidthe matches were classified in age groups rang-ing from under 12, under 13 and under 15.“I am glad to say that the academy spotted twoof our players who are a goalkeeper NtshebeMathabela and a mid-fielder Tebogo Motau.We already informed their parents about thegood news and they are also happy about it. At

the moment we arewaiting for the acad-emy’s response inwhen the two boys willstart joining them,” hesaid.

The Afro FCplayers at MotetiSports Groundswhen visited byM a m e l o d iSundowns FCAcademy.

Pick n Pay Moteti TopSpot donates toDennilton SAPS

To strengthen his support in community development, the Moteti Top Spot Pick n Pay owner Mr.Felix Sithole donated a soccer kit to Dennilton SAPS FC. According to the entrepreneur, thedonation was made as a source of appreciation from the Dennilton Police Station after the goodjob they have done to the shop and community.He said since he started operating the shop in Moteti Village he never experienced any failure bythe police as they always respond on time.“The donation was made to show my appreciation to the Dennilton SAPS after their dedicationin supporting the shop and the community. This is to encourage them to keep up the good servicethey offer the people,” he said.The Dennilton SAPS FC Coach Madida Ndala thanked Pick n Pay Moteti Top Spot for theirdonation. He said this will encourage them to strengthen their participation in sport.“We are currently participating in sports against crime soccer matches where we play against localteams. The donation will be a good stepping stone for us to go further as it shows that ourdetermination of serving the community is fruitful and appreciated by the people,” he said.

From left to right, Pick n Pay Store Manager Mr William Moabelo, LieutenantMasemola from Dennilton SAPS, Dennilton SAPS Head Coach Madida Ndala,Moteti Pick n Pay owner Mr Felix Sithole and a staff member Solly showing offthe new soccer kit that was donated by Pick n Pay Moteti Top Spot.

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To promote Sports Against Crime Campaign inthe community, Sweepers FC from MphelengVillage hosted Dennilton SAPS for a friendlysoccer match on Wednesday 4 June atMpheleng Sports Grounds.Dennilton SAPS managed to grab an early leadwhen they scored in the 2nd minute by Thabo,a hanger out of the box beating the goalie and1-0 it was to Dennilton SAPS. After the goal thehosts pressured demanding an equalizer butwere denied by the defenders.Towards the 15th minute good passes wereplayed by both teams in the middle and it led toa 50/50 ball possession match.A free kick was given to Sweepers in the 28thminute, a few meters out of the box after theirplayer was tackled from behind. The short freekick was taken into the box but was denied bySAPS defender, Magagula when he rescuedhis team from being punished.Towards the 40th minute, SAPS’ Thabo madea counter penetrating the Sweepers defendersstraight into the box, he was unlucky when his

Sports Against Crime match ended with a draw

Dennilton SAPS’ Magagula on the ball

Sweepers FC attacking just a few minutes after SAPSscored an early goal in the match.

Sweepers dominated the mid-field and attacked towardsthe end of the first half of the match.

shot went off target facing the goalkeeper.Towards the end of the first half, Sweepers’Itumeleng had a good chance when he receiveda pass in the box but he missed the ball when hewas about to finish. The first half ended 1-0 toDennilton SAPS.In the second half the hosts started by attack-ing after they made a few substitutions.In the 74th minute, SAPS striker Hector failedhis attempt of extending the lead for his sidewhen he missed in the box one-on-one facingthe goalie.Towards the end of the match, the visitors wereplaying half ground when the hosts were de-manding an equalizer. Sweepers’ CharlieMatemane equalled the scores when he madea counter from position 11 entering the box. Hemanaged to send the goalie to the wrong wayto equalize. The match ended 1-1 when Sweep-ers FC hosting Dennilton SAPS FC.According to the Dennilton SAPS FC CoachMr. Madida Ndala, the Sports Against CrimeCampaign was started, aiming to combat crimewithin the communities.He said their first match was organized betweenDennilton SAPS playing with Brains FC fromVezinyawo where Dennilton SAPS won thematch 3-1. The following match was played byVultures FC facing Dennilton SAPS FC. SAPSwon the match 2-0.

SAPS played good passes at the back