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TK Mashaba

A man in his mid-forties appeared in theBela-Bela Magistrate’s court onMonday, 17 November in connectionwith charges of grievous bodily harmand assault. He was remanded topolice custody and was expected toappear in court again on Thursday, 20November.Johannes ‘Doi’ Maluleka was arrested

in connection with a violent assault onRemember Baloyi (9) and his friendKaogelo (6).According to Remember’s mother

Khensani Gladys Baloyi, she was toldon her way home from work that her

son and his friend had been attacked.She arrived home to find her son with abroken arm and open wounds on hishead, and immediately calledemergency services.The boy said that Maluleka had picked

them up while they were playing outsideand asked them to come to his house.On their arrival, he allegedly startedassaulting them with an axe.“The children say that they don’t know

why he hit them,” said the distraughtBaloyi. “I don’t understand why he didthis to my son. If they had donesomething to him he could have cometo me — he didn’t need to use an axe tohurt them!”

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Maluleka is a well-known figure in theneighbourhood. He is in the business ofreclaiming scrap metal from thedumping areas.The children were treated at Bela-Bela

Hospital and were discharged onTuesday, 18 November.Ward 4 EFF Deputy Chairperson Lasy

Maswangayi spoke out about theincident, saying that people whoassault children are not welcome in theneighbourhood.“We want him to remove his shack and

go elsewhere because our children willnot feel safe with him around,” saidMaswananyi.Maluleka refused to speak to the press.

The suspect in the attack on the two children JohannesMaluleke. Photo: TK Mashaba

Gladys Baloyi with the injured children at Bela-BelaHospital. Photo: TK Mashaba

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Lizzy Bapela A suspect who was out on bail forsuspected rhino poaching and two ofhis accomplices were nabbed forhouse robbery and possession ofunlicensed firearms and ammunition.Limpopo police spokesperson

Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said thatthe three were arrested in Bulgerivier,Lephalale on Sunday, 16 Novemberafter a reported robbery incident.“Five suspects stormed into a farm

house in Kameelfontein, restrained acouple with a rope and locked theminto a room. The suspects then helpedthemselves to R2000 and $2000(R20 000) in cash. The suspects alsostole four diamond wedding rings, twocell phones, two laptops, two firearms,a briefcase containing documents anda hand bag containing bank cards,”said Mulaudzi.He added that the couple was freed

by their employee, who called thepolice.Brigadier Mulaudzi said that two

helicopters were dispatched to thescene and with help from members oftheir local Community Policing Forum(CPF), the suspects were arrestedafter an eight hour manhunt.

Justin Steyn

A train car was recently detached andleft behind on the tracks opposite theWaterfront in Bela-Bela.Tromar EMS notified The BEAT that a

car had been left behind on Monday,17 November.“I heard a loud slamming noise and

saw that the train had left one of itscars behind,” they told The BEAT.The car, which was empty at the time,

had been used for transporting grain.

Lizzy Bapela

A man from Bela-Bela appeared in thelocal magistrate’s court on Thursday, 13November in connection with charges ofbreaking into a business and possessionof suspected stolen property. Bela Belapolice spokesperson Constable GlenManamela said that the suspect, ThabangMakwela (26), was arrested following abreak-in at a tuck-shop on Thursday, 6November. The complainant says thateverything appeared to be in order whenhe locked up on the day in question. Hereceived a call from an employee thefollowing morning, informing him that therewas noise coming from the shop.Constable Manamela said that the

complainant told the police that he noticedthat the garage and burglar doors hadbeen opened. He also discovered thatsome items were missing from the shop,but the culprits had already left.The complainant further alleged that

among the missing objects were groceriesvalued at over R6 000.Makwela was arrested following

investigations and was found in

The Bela-Bela police detectives’ commander Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetlaemerged victorious in the SAPS’ 3rd Annual Prestige Awards in Limpopo. Theawards ceremony was held at The Ranch Protea Hotel in Polokwane on Friday,7 November. Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla won in the category BestDetectives Group and brought home a trophy, certificate and a gift pack.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Limpopo police spokespersonBrigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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He further confirmed that one of thesuspects was found in possession of aZ88 pistol belonging to a police officer.Two revolvers and another

unlicensed firearm with five liveammunitions were discovered as well.“The search for the two remaining

suspects is ongoing, and the three willappear at the Lephalale Magistrate’sCourt soon. One of the suspects is aformer employee of the couple,” saidMulaudzi.

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possession of what is suspected to be thestolen groceries.In a separate case a suspect, Fana

Mabunda (24) appeared in court onThursday, 13 November after he wasfound to be in possession of suspectedstolen property. Constable Manamela saidthat Mabunda allegedly stole a new doublebed worth R5 800 from a house in Bela-Bela’s Phomolong Section, which is alsoknown as Skierlik.The complainant told the police that she

and her husband noticed on the morningof Sunday, 9 November, that the gate andback door were opened and theyimmediately went outside to check on thesituation. They found an iron bar on theground and their bed was gone.After investigation, Mabunda was

arrested and found in possession of thebed, gazebo and camping chairs.Constable Manamela said that the stolenbed was confiscated and returned to theowners. Mabunda was charged withpossession of suspected stolen property,as well as housebreaking and theft. Hewas expected back in court this week forformal bail application.

Abandoned train cars cause concernThe emptytrain car whichhad been leftbehind forunknownreasons. Photo:Justin Steyn

“I’ve seen this before,” said MelissaRedfern owner of The Terrace at theWaterfront. “Another incident like thishappened about a week ago but luckilythe car was collected before the trainhad gone too far.”A spokesperson for Transnet’s

freight rail division said that they hadtaken note of the issue and wereplanning to dispatch a team to retrievethe car.The railway car had still been on the

scene at the time of going to press.

Nine up for stealing and buying plasma TVs Lizzy Bapela

The police in Bela-Bela recentlyextended their operations to Gautengwhere they arrested nine suspects inconnection with 21 cases of houserobbery.Bela-Bela police spokesperson

Constable Glen Manamela, said thatthe suspects were arrested in differentsections of Tembisa following anintensive operation. Manamela said thatthe operation was aimed at curbing thescourge of house robberies whichtarget plasma screens and otherelectronic appliances.Four men, aged between 20 and 30

were found in possession of plasmaTV’s and music systems.Limpopo police spokesperson Brigadier

Hangwani Mulaudzi highlighted that thefour are believed to be the mastermindsof the spate of house robberies which hitthe Bela-Bela area between July andOctober this year. He added that further police

investigations led the police to five

Zimbabwean nationals who werearrested for possession of suspectedstolen TVs in Tembisa.Mulaudzi further said that the five

suspects confessed to having boughtthe stolen goods for R500 each.They were released after paying

admission of guilt fines of R500 each.The four suspects, Thomas Malapani(20), Piet Manyeke (23), SimonXycosane (21), and Tshepo Pheeha(30), were expected to appear beforethe Bela Bela Magistrate’s Court onTuesday, 18 November, on charges ofhousebreaking and theft. Meanwhile, the suspects who bought

the stolen goods were to appear aswitnesses in the cases.The police had further confiscated the

vehicles in which the suspects weretransporting the stolen items.The Bela-Bela police detectives’

commander Lieutenant-Colonel AbelPhetla said that the suspects werenabbed while watching the stolen TV’s.He added that the police are expected

to confiscate more TV’s at a later stage.

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Marlene Vermaak

Recent stormy weather in the Vaalwaterarea has caused extensive damage,leaving several families without a roof overtheir heads.The town received more than 100 mm

rain in less than 4 hours on Friday, 14November, with more rain during theweekend, leaving the total for the weekendon almost 160 mm.Constable Simon Makhuvele, the

Vaalwater police spokesperson, told TheBEAT that they know of a number ofhomes in Leseding where the roofs havebeen blown away. Joseph Kobe, the fatherof the Vaalwater’s EFF leader Frans Kobe,was among those whose roof took flight.Piet Stephans, whose farm is roughly

3 km outside Vaalwater, says that thedamage on his farm was massive. He wasnot in town during the storm, and says hewas shocked when his son phoned toinform him of the damage.“Leaving aside the roof of the house,

which was blown off, the wind causedmassive damage across the farm. All thepowerlines leading to the farm have beenknocked down and massive trees wereuprooted around the house, and polesripped out of the ground. The fountainbehind our house looks like a river and theditches caused by the water erosion aresimply massive,” he said.Stephans’ son, Jaco van Loggerenberg,

was at home with Lenie Dercksen whenthe roof collapsed.“We were watching television when we

heard a loud noise and everything wentdark,” said Dercksen. “Some of the

TK Mashaba

A truck driver who crashed his vehicleon the road between Modimolle andMookgophong on Monday, 17November, still can’t quite believe hisluck in walking away from the accidentunscathed.According to eyewitnesses, concrete

sleepers crashed through the cab ofthe truck while the driver wasattempting to avoid a head-on collisionwith another vehicle. The witness said

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that as the driver slammed on thebrakes, the sleepers came unstuckand smashed into the truck’s cab,tipping it loose from the trailer andtipping it over, with the driver still inside.“The driver didn’t know how he

survived,” the witness said. “He saidthat he was grateful to be alive and nottoo worried about the damage to thetruck.”Modimolle and Mookgophong police

say that they have not received anyreports regarding the incident.

The truck driver with the wreckage of his vehicle. Photo supplied

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The home of Lenie Dercksen and herpartner Jaco van Loggerenberg wasdestroyed in recent storms atVaalwater. Photo: Marlene Vermaak

pictures fell off the walls and before wecould even register what was happeningwe were soaked and it felt like the lightningwas coming down right next to us.”She told The BEAT that she ran for

shelter. “The situation was just as bad inthe kitchen, the bedroom was soaked andeventually the only place we could hidewas the shower.”When the storm had calmed somewhat

the couple were able to phone theirparents for help.The couple’s relatives and friends are

working at a breakneck pace to completethe home they had been building beforethe disaster, but they say that they havebeen left destitute.“Our television, computer, couches and

all our furniture have been ruined. Eventhe roof fan ended up meters away fromits mounting on another part of the roofand is beyond repair,” said Dercksen.

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Lizzy Bapela

The Waterberg District Municipality andthe Modimolle Local Municipality hostedthe Office of the Statistician-Generalduring a breakfast session held at theKoro Creek Golf Estate on Tuesday, 11Novemner.The spokesperson for the District

Municipality, Pat Malete, said that themeeting was aimed at ensuring thatmunicipalities receive first-handinformation on statistical data whichmay inform their planning processes.The Waterberg District Municipality is

made up of six local municipalities:Lephalale, Mogalakwena,Mookgophong, Modimolle, Bela-Belaand Thabazimbi, with a total populationof 619 889 in 2011.The district municipality praised the

Office of the Statistician-General fortheir work during the 2011 Census, aswell as for improvements in theirpublicity and communicationscampaigns. This includes thedevelopment of new disseminationproducts, data processing which has ledto improving the timeliness of therelease and establishing a stablestatistical infrastructure across thecountry including 54 permanent districtoffices.The Waterberg District Executive

Mayor Councillor Tlotlanang Mogotlanetold the gathering that her municipality,like other districts in the province, isfacing developmental challenges anddoes not have adequate resources toprovide basic services as enshrined inthe constitution and the MillenniumDevelopment Goals. She added thatdespite all the development challenges,Waterberg is the undiscovered gem ofSouth African Treasurers, land ofintense beauty and colour reflected inthe environment and its people.“Waterberg has comparative

advantages in mining, tourism andagriculture which cannot be matched by

Lizzy Bapela

The Limpopo Provincial governmentdelegation to China led by LimpopoPremier Stanley Mathabatha wasdeemed successful in building healthyrelationships with the private and thepublic sector.Among other things, the province has

built and cemented relations with JidongDevelopment Group, partnered withWiphold, China Africa Development andConticem for a R2 billion cementmanufacturing plant to be built inThabazimbi. The project is expected tobe completed by December 2015.“The consortium also has plans to

send 100 South Africans to China foronsite training during the construction ofthe manufacturing plant. They will alsostudy the Chinese systems of theindustry in the many cement plantsexisting in China, and benchmark best-practices,” said Limpopo ProvincialGovernment spokesperson Phuti

Lizzy Bapela

The not-so-peaceful mayoral seat in theMogalakwena Local Municipality hasmade another turn, with the Limpopo MECfor CoGHSTA (Corporative Governance,Human Settlement and Traditional Affairs)Makoma Makhurupetje announcing onMonday, 10 November that CouncillorHlalefi Mashamaite was reinstated as themayor following a council meeting heldearlier. Mashamaite was ousted as themayor in April following a KPMG reportthat implicated him together with 22 othercouncillors from the municipality.The local police are alleged to have

forcefully removed municipal officials atthe municipality, ushering in Mashamaiteand his “cabal” back into the building.“A large contingent of police arrived at the

gate immediately after lunch and startedcutting the fence, damaged the gate andoverpowered the security officers at thegate and reached the main building. Thenafter, the police damaged the main doorwith a big hummer, pointing firearms ateveryone in the building and started todamage all the doors and took everyoneout of the building. We were shocked towitness another large contingent of policeushering in the former Mayor CouncillorMashamaite and his fellow councillors. Wewere extremely shocked to witness himgiving instruction to police to attack the fulltime councillors who were at the officesand around the premises.“Having realized that they had removed

everyone in the building the police tookcharge of the building and ordered that allthe employees and members of the publicimmediately vacate the municipalitybecause they had taken charge of the

It is mayor versus mayor again inMogalakwena

building. Employees, members of thepublic, the Mayor Malose Mabuela and theMunicipal Manager Willy Kekana wereharassed and pushed out and they startedloading computers, documents andproperties of the municipality intoMashamaite’s vehicle,” said spokespersonfor the Mogalakwena ResidentsAssociation (MRA) Pimpi Mokhonoana.Meanwhile, the DA in Limpopo

announced their intentions to lay criminalcharges with the IPID against theMogalakwena police, saying that they are“politically motivated”. The party’s LimpopoProvincial Leader Jacques Smalle said ina statement that during a recent oversightvisit in the area, the DA’s efforts to gainanswers from the station commanderColonel Lucas Mogwaneng to explainwhether the correct procedures werefollowed and who instructed the raid, werefruitless.“The aggressive police officials

vandalized offices and transportedadministrative materials to the regionalANC headquarters, raising moreunanswered questions. Due to this illegalaction by the police, the municipality isfailing to provide services to the people inthe area. We are condemning the politicalinterference in the municipality and lack ofpolitical will to resolve problems and thetotal shut down of services in themunicipality.“It is high time that the ANC put aside its

greed to retain power in the municipalityand ensure that the people ofMogalakwena are given their constitutionalright to proper service delivery. ANC‘spolitical squabbles should be fought atLuthuli House and not on the premises ofthe municipality,” said Smalle.

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The Executive Mayor of theWaterberg District, TlotlanangMogotlane, addressed a meetingwith the Office of the Statistician-General. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

any district in the province. It is one ofthe fastest growing districts in Limpopo,given the development in Lephalale andMogalakwena Municipalities in mining.In order to be on par with thedevelopments, planning should be ourarea of priority, and planning is informedby data. We all agree that datacollection begins with constraints.Firstly there is insufficient data for the

planning purposes. Secondly theavailable data comes from a variety ofsources that are often disparate leadingto comparability problems due to lack ofshared standards. This often leads tothe temptations of using data frominternational agencies which does notreflect the reality on the ground,” shesaid.The mayor said that this is a concern

because such data is not intended fornational consumption but forinternational comparisons and veryoften it has very little bearing on theactual situation in the country as itusually imputed from a class of similarcountries.

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Seloba. “The project will also ensurethat the province benefits through theadvanced technological expertise whichis a hallmark of the People’s Republicof China. The province, through LEDET(Limpopo Economic DevelopmentEnvironment and Tourism) has alsosigned co-operation agreements withthe business community in Nantong.The delegation witnessed the signing ofa co-operation agreement betweenLimpopo Province and the People’sProvince of Henan in China.”The delegation returned home on

Friday, 31 October and, according toSeloba, the mission has proved to be ahuge success. Most of the potentialinvestors are expected in Limpopo byDecember 2014.“The Premier believes that this is amove in the right direction to ensurethat today is better than yesterday, andthat tomorrow is brighter than today,”Seloba said. “Together we can takeLimpopo forward.”

Councillor Hlalefi Mashamaite. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Councillor Malose Mabuela. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

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The national police commissioner,Rish Piyega, said during a conferencein October that it has been proventhat the crime rate increases greatlybetween October and January everyyear, and said that it was a priority ofthe police to protect the nation’scitizens during the festive season.According to information released by

Statistics SA, 2,5 million people areunemployed in South Africa, withLimpopo having the highestunemployment figures.This raises the question of whether

unemployment leads to crime.“People without skills will find it hard

to find employment,” said MatomeSebelebele, Bela-Bela’s municipalspokesperson. “People can’t blamepoverty for crime because criminalschoose to commit crimes, and nowthat Christmas is coming they arespotting their chance to make a quickbuck by targeting people andbusinesses.”According to him there is a

misconception among the public thatthe municipality is supposed toprovide work for the masses.Because the town is primarilyfocussed on tourism, he says, jobopportunities are naturally limited.“If you don’t possess the necessary

skills, your application will be refused,”he said. “The municipality focusseson service delivery, not employment.”He said that the municipality can’tforce anyone to improve their skills,because there will always be thosewho make no effort to improve. “Ifthey can’t find work in Bela-Belathere’s nothing that’s stopping themfrom finding work elsewhere.”Lieutenant-Colonel William Ngobeni

of the Bela-Bela Police Departmentagrees with Sebelebele.“There are a number of people in

Bela-Bela with no responsibilities orfamily. Some of them are not willing towork for a monthly salary and trymaking plans to make a quick buck,”he said. The police regularly have todeal with drug-related crime andNgobeni is of the opinion that drugsare a great contributor to smallercrimes.“The young people we routinely nab

frequently, come from good familieswho want the best for them and areafforded the best opportunities, butare led into a life of crime by theiraddictions.”Ngobeni went on to say that

although the oft-repeated story in thecourts is that the criminals have noalternative, and were forced to turn tocrime in order to feed their families,many criminals may lie in order to geta lighter sentence. These peopleoften return to their formeroccupations.“The police need to be more alert

during the festive season, becausecriminals also want to have a goodtime and will do anything to get whatthey want. It is important thatresidents are alert and ensure thattheir valuables are safe,” saidNgobeni.Ngobeni and Sebelebele both said

that while poverty may be acontributing factor to crime, it is notalways the case.

The Crazy MidosComedy Crewleader Jan‘Midos‘ Mabundafrom Modimollemade soccerfans laugh theirhearts out whenhe rocked up atthe EphriamMogale Stadiumin his funnyattire, holding anair rifle. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Carl Sagan, a 20th-century writer ofscience and science fiction, saidthis to a reporter once: “I can find inmy undergraduate classes, brightstudents who do not know that thestars rise and set at night, or eventhat the Sun is a star.”It is important to note that he said

“bright students”. He wasn’t sayingthat they were stupid. He wassaying that they were ignorant.There is a general trend to conflateignorance and stupidity, which isdangerous.You can be educated and still

stupid, and you can be illiterate andintelligent. But the danger is that ifyou never gain literacy oreducation, nobody, includingyourself, will ever know it.Some of you are now in the middle

of your matric exams. Some of youhave children preparing to enterschool.In the time before next year, you

should be thinking about education.Education is what allows us to

make progress as human beings,as a society. Without an education,one may go far. With an education,there are no limits. What aneducation, in essence, allows us todo (or should allow us to do) is tostand on the shoulders of ourancestors.The educated man need not

reinvent the wheel, while theuneducated must struggle throughseveral thousand years’ worth ofthings that have already beeninvented before he can dosomething new. Many people nevermanage to do that.The flaw in the way that we

currently see education, however, isthat we regard the teacher as theperson who imparts knowledge.Beyond the very basics of reading,

writing and basic math, that shouldnot be the case. Teachers shouldbe facilitators, there to make thejourney toward knowledge easierand smoother. In an ideal world,teachers would equip children withthe tools they need to find theinformation that is already availableand, except in cases such asHistory, should then turn thechildren loose on the knowledgetheir ancestors have accumulated.School should imbue children with

the kind of love of learning thatpeople like Mark Twain (who neverwent to school, but learned to readfrom working as a book binder as ayoung teen, and who later becameknown as the greatest Americanwriter of all time) and Albert Einstein(who dropped out of high schooland went on to revolutionizescience) had.The difference between Twain and

Einstein, and the high-school drop-outs we see on our streets,breaking into our homes and nevermaking any kind of positivedifference in the world at all, is thatEinstein and Twain loved to learn,and built on what they had learned,and changed the world.They did it the hard way.Education is the easy way.

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Peter Marumo, a Grade 7 learner fromMamakwa Full Service School, wasawarded a prize as the top learnerduring the school’s awards ceremonyon 11 November. Marumo received topmarks in all his subjects and receivedcertificates, trophies, and a cellphone,among other things.Other learners received awards for

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(ORDINANCE 15 OF1986)

I, NICOLA LUDIK being theauthorized agent for theregistered owners of thefollowing properties herebygive notice in terms of Section56(1)(b)(i) of the Townplanning and TownshipsOrdinance, 1986, (0rdinance15 of 1986) that I have appliedto the Modimolle LocalMunicipality for theamendment of the Town-planning scheme in operationknown as the Modimolle LandUse Scheme, 2004 by therezoning of the propertiesdescribed below, situatedwithin the jurisdiction of theModimolle Local Municipalityas follows:MODIMOLLEAMENDMENT SCHEME312A portion of the Remainderof Portion 2 of the FarmMackouwkuil 45 KRlocated in the area ofjurisdiction of Modimolle,from “Agriculture” to“Special for a place ofeducation and training, aplace of public worship,

conference facility,accommodation related tothe main land use, relatedrecreation facilities andsuch other related andsubservient land uses whichthe local authority mayapprove of by way of aspecial consent, subject tocertain conditions;MODIMOLLEAMENDMENT SCHEME316Erf 7/2964 NylstroomExtension 11, located inEagle Drive, Koro Creek GolfEstate, Modimolle, from“Residential 1” with a densityof one dwelling house per erfto “Residential 1” with adensity of one dwelling houseper 650 sq. meters, subject tocertain conditions;MODIMOLLEAMENDMENT SCHEME320Erf 2/84 NylstroomTownship located in DeWet street, Nylstroom,Modimolle, from“Residential 1” to“Residential 2” with adensity of 44 units perhectare, subject to certainconditions;All relevant documentsrelating to the applicationswill be open for inspectionduring normal office hoursat the offices of theModimolle LocalMunicipality, TheDivisional Manager: Town-planning, Ground Floor,Modimolle MunicipalBuilding, Harry GwalaStreet, Modimolle for aperiod of 28 days i.e. 21November 2014 to 12December 2014.Any person who wishes toobject to the applications orsubmit representations inrespect thereof must lodgethe same in writing toPrivate Bag X1008,Modimolle 0510 or lodge itwith the Modimolle LocalMunicipality at its addressand room number specifiedabove on or before 12December 2014.Name en address of agent:NICOLA LUDIK, ALTOAFRICA TOWNPLANNING &DEVELOPMENTCONSULTANTS, P.O. Box3007, Modimolle, 0510,076 606 6372(21 & 28/11)

LEGALS

(GAUTENG DIVISION,PRETORIA) CASE

NUMBER: 43999/2014In the matter between: THESTANDARD BANK OFSOUTH AFRICA LIMITED(1962/000738/06) Plaintiffand GAMAE JUNE KOTZEDefendantIn pursuance of a judgement ofthe abovementioned Court anda Writ for Execution, theundermentioned property willbe sold in Execution at theoffice of the Sheriff Bela Bela,52 Robertson Avenue, BelaBela on Wednesday, 10December 2014 at 11:00, tothe highest bidder. Fullconditions of sale can beinspected at the offices of the

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certificates.The school’s Scholar Patrol have done

a stellar job this year, according tosupervising teacher Cynthia Rabalao.She has been appointed to elect aScholar Patrol team at the beginning ofevery year and monitor themthroughout. The team’s duties includeguarding the gates and street corners ofthe school, and doing what they can toensure that learners make it to theschool safely.Dads in the Picture also donated a

thousand pairs of socks to the school’slearners.

Mamakwa Full Service School Grade7 learner Peter Marumo obtained topmarks in all learning areas. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Anna Pelo and her partner wererewarded for their good behaviourthroughout the year. Photo: LizzyBapela

Happy learners showed off their donation of socks from Dads in the Picturecharity organization. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Top Grade 7 learners from Mamakwa Full Service School received certificatesand gift packs for their outstanding work. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Dr Steven Shuti Khumalo, a Bela-Belalocal, is extending his sphere ofinfluence beyond the borders of SouthAfrica.The former principal of Mmampatile

and Maokeng Primary Schools wasinvited to present a peer-reviewedpaper at the 6th InternationalConference on Computer Science andInformation Technology (ICCSIT 2014)in Cape Town.The conference is held on 27 and 28

November 2014, and is an annualevent which shifts countries every year.Khumalo co-authored the paper with

Alfred Kgopa. The paper is titled ‘TheAdoption of Computer Usage inSchools for Administrative Purposes’and will be published in theconference’s journal.The conference will be attended by

noted academics from around the world.Khumalo is currently employed by the

Tshwane University of Technology ascurriculum advisor in the ICT Faculty.He resigned from teaching after 24years and is currently focusing onpublication. He has already submittedthree other articles for publication invarious academic journals.His areas of research include

technology-driven school leadership,organizational development oneducational settings, education andeconomic development.Khumalo was recently profiled by

Thobela FM.

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Local academic presents paper atinternational conference

People came in droves to the opening of the new ExpressStore on Friday, 14 November, in Bela-Bela town. Photo:TK Mashaba

This gentleman came in to show TheBEAT his Coke-cap adorned jacket.Photo: TK Mashaba

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The Regional Nedbank Cup knockout forteams from the ABC Motsepe League tookplace this weekend on Sunday, 16November, at Modimolle’s Ephraim MogaleStadium.Mokopane’s Mosesetjane All-Stars made

the cut and are going through to the nextround, where they will be meeting otherteams in group stages.In the first knockout round of the weekend

the All Stars played to a 0-all draw againstthe Modimolle Aces and eventually won 3-2on penalties.In the second set, Modimolle’s Terrors FC

murdered Lephalale’s Young Killers andwon their game 4-1.The newly-promoted Modimolle team

were taught a harsh lesson when they were

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defeated 0-1 by Mosesetjane All Stars.Terrors were playing with a ten-man squad

for the final part of the game, one of theirplayers having received a red card in the38th minute.Mosesetjane All Stars, who are in Group

One, will be meeting Maghezi from GroupTwo in their next match, while BellevileWinners Park from Group Three will bemeeting Giyani Hotspurs from Group Four.These matches are expected to be held

on the 29th of November in Polokwane.The annual R6-million Nedbank Cup

Challenge has been an exciting spectaclein recent years. Baroka FC, and SABLeague team from Ga Mphahlele inLimpopo, made it all the way to the semi-finals in 2011, beating Kaizer Chiefs 2-1,giving other rookie teams hope that they,too could teach the highest levels in soccer.

Mokopane’s Mosesetjane All Stars team. Photo supplied

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The Limpopo Department ofEducation says that the NationalSchool Nutrition Program (NSNP) isgoing ahead as normal in many partsof the province. The program, theDepartment says, is only being haltedin schools where reports of foodcontamination emerged.Departmental spokesperson Elijah

Mhlanga said that handlers at theaffected schools have been asked tohalt food preparation pending aninvestigation.“We are concerned about the

contamination of food and we aredoing all we can to address thematter,” he said. Mhlanga also tookpains to counter media reports thatlearners have died as a result ofconsuming food from the nutritionprogram in the province.“The health and safety of the learners

is of paramount importance to thegovernment, and the government willcontinue to safeguard theconstitutional right of learners to basiceducation, health, nutrition, and safety.It is for these reasons that theDepartment has put such stringentmeasures in place in the affectedschools,” said Mhlanga.More than 1,6 million learners in more

than 3 800 Limpopo public schoolsbenefit from the feeding program andthe Department is working to ensurethat service, health and environmentalstandards are maintained throughout.Mhlanga said that the contracts of a

number of main NSNP retailers wererecently terminated for quality controlreasons.He added that main NSNP suppliers

have been warned off certain brandnames as they have been found to beproblematic.“The NSNP is funded through a

Conditional Grant in terms of theDivision of Revenue Act (DORA). The

The Minister of Basic EducationAngie Motshekga is set to ensure acompliant roll-out of the NationalSchool Nutrition Programme inLimpopo schools. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Department says nutrition program notsuspended

DORA particularly determines a legalframework through which the NSNPmust be implemented.”The Department plans to introduce

additional monitoring measures withschool-based monitors to report dailyon the implementation of theprogram. The NSNP monitoringsystem is undergoing review in orderto tighten controls on critical stagesof the food supply chain, and thesupport of the Department Health andlocal municipalities is being sought.According to Mhlanga relations will

be improved with health andenvironmental practitioners inLimpopo in order to establish asystem of checks and balances toeffectively monitor suppliers in allprovinces.

McDonald’s SA welcomed thecommunity of Bela-Bela to the GrandOpening of their new restaurant in Bela-Bela. McDonald’s operates in all 9provinces and their latest restaurant isset to become a valuable part of thecommunity.Activities at the opening ceremony

included face-painting for children,entertainment, balloon sculpting,children’s games and opening promotion.In an effort to live up to their reputation

for giving back to the community,McDonald’s Bela-Bela hosted 19children from the Reitumetse SpecialSchool for a meal and entertainment.The opening of the restaurant has

created 35 new permanent jobs forlocals, in addition to those employed

temporarily during the restaurant’sconstruction. McDonald’s employeeshave the opportunity to learnoperational and managerial skills whichwill enable them to build successfulcareers.“We believe that the words ‘Welcome

to McDonald’s should apply to ouremployees as much as our customers,”said McDonald’s Managing DirectorGreg Solomon. We’re proud of ourfood, and we’re just as proud of the jobswe create. We strongly believe in beinga positive force in the communities weserve, and in everything we do ensurethat not only are we serving greattasting quality food, but we arerecognizing and rewarding the greatpeople who work for us.”

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