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Lizzy Bapela

Limpopo police management hasstrongly condemned an attack ontavern patrons, allegedly by thepolice across the province.Limpopo police spokesperson

Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi saidthat incidents such as these doserious damage to the image of thepolice, and that police managementviews the acts of these officers in a

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Bela Bela’s police detectives’ com-mander Lieutenant-Colonel AbelPhetla received congratulations andgratitude from colleagues and superi-ors following a breakthrough on amurder case from MahwerelengPolice Station. The case involves aman who was accused of theft andthen attacked and killed in a mobjustice incident on September 2013 inthe area.The deceased’s family sent a com-

plaint to the provincial SAPS offices,saying that their local police were nothandling the case correctly. Theprovincial commissioner, FanieMasemola, instructed BrigadierMorkel to appoint someone to thecase. Morkel appointed Phetla, whomade a success of the case.Colonel Phetla moved swiftly into the

investigation on the case, and swiftlymanaged to arrest two suspects inthe case. The suspects are BrianMashishi, 39, who resides in MasodiVillage, and Tlou Shikoane, 29, whoresides at Mapela Sansloot Village inMokopane. Both suspects werearrested in October 2013 and de-tained in the Bela Bela Police Sta-tion’s holding cells as they were stillbeing charged.The suspects were later moved to

Mahwereleng, where they appearedbefore the district court on charges ofmurder and assault with intent to dogrievous bodily harm (GBH). The

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Police in Bela Bela worked hand inhand with Safety Forums and otherstakeholders to celebrate MandelaDay at Sunfa Stadium on Friday, 18July.At the event, children from the local

township area were encouraged tospend the day being educated aboutthe late President Mandela’s life.Esrom Nkwinika of youth Against

Crime said that Nelson Mandela isonly known as “Madiba” and that littleis known about his life before theadvent of democracy in South Africa.“The youth of today know very little

about Mandela’s legacy. To them heis just “Madiba” but they don’t fullyunderstand the great things he hasdone for today’s democracy,” he said.Nkwinika said that the decision to

organize an event for children wenthand-in-hand with Mandela’s love forchildren.“What better way to celebrate

Madiba than through our children? Hehad a profound love for them and wedecided to lie up to that and spendtime with them,” he said.Apart from being taught about South

Africa’s first democratically electedleader, children were entertained with

Bela Bela Police andSafety Forums focus onchildren on Mandela Day

jumping castles and joined in gameswith members of the “In Touch” groupfrom the Capricorn College.Student Representative Council

President, Samuel Papo, said that itis the responsibility of the communityto ensure that Madiba’s legacy en-dures.“Since Madiba’s passing we all have

a responsibility to ensure that hislegacy lasts forever. We can do ourbit to ensure this happens,” he said.The group’s secretary, Richard

Ndlovu, noted that education shouldnot be undermined by the youth andshould be appreciated.“Prior to ’94, there were few school-

ing opportunities for the youth. Todaythis is provided free of charge fromthe government. The children of todaymust understand that this came at acost and should never be taken forgranted,” he said.Strike Mokone of the Bela Bela

Community Policing Forum (CPF)said that he is pleased about theevent’s attendance.“During the event more and more

children have flocked to the stadium,and this has been a great success. Iwould like to thank all thestakeholders involved for their partici-pation,” he said.

These childrenjumped for joy incelebration ofMandela day.Photo: JustinSteyn

Children were themain theme atSunfa Stadium’scelebrations ofMandela day.Photo: JustinSteyn

case was remanded to 29 November2013, then 9 January 2014 for trialwhile the suspects remained in cus-tody. The trial continued until 29March, when all witnesses testifiedand was remanded for further trial on27 April.The case was finalized on Wednes-

day, 9 July, and both suspects werefound guilty on the charge of assaultwith the intent to do grievous bodilyharm, and were both fined R3 000cash each or 12 months imprison-ment. Mashishi was declared unfit topossess a firearm.Colonel Phetla said that the sus-

pects could not be convicted ofmurder because witnesses could notpoint out which of them played a partin the deceased’s murder.Initially, Mahwereleng police arrested

five suspects in the case, who werelater released due to insufficientevidence. That was when the de-ceased’s family approached theSAPS provincial office for assistance.In his 29 years in the SAPS, Colonel

Phetla has had many highlights, includ-ing four mob justice cases in Zebediela-Magatle in the Capricorn District, wherefour people were convicted, two beinggiven life sentences and the other tworeceiving 25-year sentences. Again inZebediela, he cracked a case where thesuspect was eventually convicted ofhaving murdered his father.He has worked in Bela Bela for 13

years and has received three awards inthat time.

Police condemns tavern attack

very seriouslight.This follows

recent inci-dents in theprovince thatmade therounds onsocial net-works.Mulaudzi saidthat the policeare expected touphold the law

and protect the people, and that thiskind of uncouth behaviour by thecustodians of law and order will notbe tolerated.Provincial Comissioner Lieutenant-

General Fanie Masemola said thatno unbecoming behavior will betolerated from the police, and saidthat the community must feel safe inthe presence of the police.“Ours is to serve and protect,” he

said. “We strive for justice to prevailand we cannot be found on thewrong side of the law. We know thatnot all police officials engage in actssuch as these, but the few who are,are putting the name of the police toshame and must be dealth withaccordingly.”The commissioner also thanked

members of the community whoblow the whistle on such acts,saying that the community is thewatchdog of the police and that itis within their rights to expose anywrongdoing by the police.

Bela Bela’s Colonel Phetlahailed as a hero

Bela Belapolice detec-tives’ com-mander Lieu-tenant-ColonelAbel Phetlawas recentlylabeled as ahero, follow-ing a break-through in amurder case inMokopane.Photo: LizzyBapela

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The long anticipated trial for the victims ofan attack which occurred in February hasbeen postponed to Monday, 11 August.Rachel Groenewaldt and Manie de Beer

waited anxiously for proceedings tocommence on Monday, 21 July, at theBela Bela Magistrate’s Court. After threehours they were told that the case wasbeing postponed because the legalrepresentatives for the accused had notarrived.A displeased De Beer said that he

wished the ordeal would end.“My life has been ruined and my wife is

suffering from the trauma she experi-enced. I just want this to end so thatRachel and I can focus on recovering,” hesaid.De Beer suffered severe head injuries to

his head and jaw due to allegedly bring

The BEAT’s reporter TK Mashabasuffered injuries in an accidentoutside Mafikeng this past weekend.Photo: TK Mashaba

Lizzy Bapela

Angry residents of Mookgophong Extension6 approached The BEAT newspaper in aquest to get their local municipality to listento their grievances.The residents outlined the challenges they

are facing in the area, saying that they werenot getting any feedback from their munici-pality.The BEAT visited the area on Wednesday,

16 July, to see for themselves what theproblem is. The smell is unbearable, andlikely to get worse when summer’s heatstrikes.The residents say that the sewerage

system in their RDP houses has been achallenge, bursting regularly for the pastthree months. Residents are greatlydisturbed by the issue, as it affects theirhealth and that of their children.“It is very frustrating to watch as the waste

fills our yards and the streets where ourchildren play, and there is nothing we cando. The smell is terrible and our livingconditions are rendered unhygienic — wecannot even enjoy our meals anymore,”said a resident, Jan Maluleka. “Whether

Mookgophong residents on the warpath about sewagein the streets

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you stay inside or outside the house, thesmell reaches you. We have dug ditches tocontrol the waste but sometimes theyoverflow and waste flows into our houses,making it nearly impossible to relaxbecause we never know when the wastewill come flooding in. We are really sufferingand plead with the municipality to come upwith a solution as our lives are in dangerbecause of the unhygienic conditions andthe terrible smell.”The residents expressed their concern for

a family with a two month-old baby, sayingthat the situation was untenable anddangerous for the infant. The family couldnot be reached for comment.Residents expressed their disappointment

with the municipality for letting the problemgo unaddressed for so long, but acknowl-edged that the municipality did sendsomeone to check the system and try tounblock it, trying to control the situation.Acting municipal spokesperson Matshepo

Phoka said that the municipality wasattending to the matter and have alreadydispatched Technical Services staff mem-bers to the site.“We want to ensure that our communities

are satisfied, so we have to move swiftly onthe matter. We send our sincere apologiesto the affected residents. We had a meetingwith them on Wednesday, 16 July, anddiscussed the matter at hand. The Techni-cal Services unblocked the system andimproved the situation for a time. Workersare working continuously to unblock thesystem until the process of upgrading thepipes can be completed,” she said. “Wechecked back with the manager of theteam and he said that the residentsseemed satisfied with our progress.Communication with the people goes a longway.”The residents said that they have spoken

to the municipal departmental supervisor,Jerry Kgabo, who told them that the pipesthat were installed when the houses werebuilt were too small, and needed to bereplaced. Kgabo reportedly told residentsthat the municipality needed to wait for thenext budget allocations as there were notenough funds in the budget to replace thepipes.Phoka confirmed that the pipes were

indeed too small, with a diameter of250 mm instead of 315 mm.

Jan Maluleka stood next to the sewagein his yard, showing The BEAT reporterhow bad the situation is. Photo: LizzyBapela

The BEAT reporter in accidentThe BEAT’s reporter, TK Mashaba,was in a serious accident on Sunday,20 July.Mashaba, who was returning from

Mafikeng where he was covering theSAFA Under-21 tournament, wasasleep when the accident occurred.“When I woke up,” he said, “the car

was already rolling.”Mashaba says that the driver of the

minibus taxi later told him that theyhad gone off the road in an attempt toavoid a head-on collision with a truckwhich had burst a tyre.As a result of the driver of the mini-

bus’ swift reactions, the truck onlyclipped the minibus, sending theminibus with its five passengersrolling.The passengers escaped without

serious injuries. Mashaba himselfsuffered bruising of his right elbow andknee and a cut on his left eyebrow.

Legal team for axe attackersa no-show

struck several times with an axe duringthe break-in at their home at Leeupoortvacation resort.“I feel much better but the muscles in

my left eye have not been functioningwell, which causes them to become quiteirritated,” he said.Munetsi and Sithole remain in custody,

having been denied bail.During court proceedings on the same

day, a twenty-five-year-old man, SiphoMotwete, was sentenced to four years inprison after pleading guilty to severalincidents of housebreaking.It has been alleged that Motwete was

involved in housebreading with Munetsi,who faces other charges of attemptedmurder and murder.Two of the five men involved in the attack

remain at large and another was shotdead by Rooiberg Police on the night ofthe incident.

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Bela Bela Municipality to buildremembrance wall for Madiba

water run-off channels and popularillegal dumping sites around Bela BelaTownship.“As part of our efforts to honour this

freedom fighter who spent 67 years ofhis life fighting for the causes of justice,peace and reconciliation, we felt thatwe should express our gratitude to himby building this wall which should serveas a reminder of his outstanding workto all in the area,” said Nhlapo.Sebelebele said that Bela Bela

remains the leading tourist attraction inLimpopo, attracting more than 400 000tourists on social visits to its famouswarm baths and countless lodges andprivate game reserves.Nhlapo said that it remained critical to

respond to President Jacob Zuma’s callto use Mandela Day to clean up theenvironment so that the beauty andcleanliness of the municipality can beenhanced to attract more tourists.The Bela Bela municipality is planning

to attract around half a million touriststo the area.

Bela BelaMayor LucasNhlapo helpedto build the wall

Municipalityrepresentativespainted largetrashcans withmotivationalmessages. Photosupplied

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The Bela Bela Municipality is currentlyworking on a wall which is to displaythe face of the late Nelson Mandela.On Friday, 18 July, Bela Bela’s newly

elected mayor, Lucas Nhlapo, alongwith the Deputy Minister for Coopera-tive Governance, Human Settlementsand Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA)Obed Bapela, with local communitymember to build a Wall of Remem-brance for the late icon.According to municipal spokesper-

son Matome Sebelebele the wall is tofeature colourful artistic impressions ofthe former president once it is com-plete.The wall is to stand as an inviting

landmark at the entrance of the BelaBela township.Sebelebele added that the building of

the wall was part of the internationalMandela Day celebrations that sawNhlapo and Bapela leading the repaint-ing of road marks, clearing of storm


INVITATION TO BIDSuitably qualified service providers are hereby invited to submit proposals for the following:

Bid documents will be available from Monday, the 28th of July 2014, at 09h00, and thereafter during weekdays from 08h00 to 15h00, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as specified above.

Proposals/Bids must be submitted no later than 12:00 on Friday, 01 August 2014, in the tender box at the Records Office of the Bela-Bela Municipality, or per postal address:Private Bag x1609, Bela-Bela, 0480. Late quotations, faxes, telephonic quotes and e-mails will not be accepted or considered.

Bidders must take note of the following: Bids will be evaluated according to the 80/20 or 90/10 preferential points system as indicated. Persons in the service of the State are not allowed to bid.Bidders are requested to attach the municipal rates and taxes statement, and an Original Tax Clearance Certificate.The Municipality also reserves the right to negotiate further conditions and requirements with the successful bidder.

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The Department of Labour’s inspector-ate is gearing up for a blitz inspectionprogram focussing on the HospitalitySector of South Africa.This series of intense inspections was

expected to have taken place from 21to 27 July with Limpopo’s brigade ofinspectors ready to travel the provincein search of non-complying employers.The Department’s spokesperson

Johannes Mokou said that the inspec-tion comes hot on the heels of theDepartment’s announcement of aminimum wage increase which tookeffect on Tuesday, 1 July. He said thatpart of the inspection will scrutinizecompliance with the increased mini-mum wages as well as child and forcedlabour.Sectoral Determination 14 of the

Hospitality Sector means that anycommercial business or part of abusiness in which employers andemployees associate for the purpose ofproviding accommodation in a hotel,motel, inn, resort, game lodge, hostel orguest house, including short stayaccommodation, self-catering campsand caravan parks.Meanwhile, the Department’s Employ-

ment Equity (EE) team will meet face-to-face with various EE role-players toprepare for the implementation of theamended Employment Equity Act. Theroadshows, running under the theme

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The victims of a head-on collisionrefused to be admitted to hospital.According to Tromar EMS spokes-

person, Gerrit Reynders, the accidentoccurred on the Pretoria road in frontof their offices at the Bela Bela Water-front on Sunday, 20 July.“At about 17:00 an Opel Astra travel-

ling on the wrong side of the roadcollided with a Honda Ballade,” hesaid.Reynders explained that the scene

Head-on collision in frontof paramedic HQ

The scene after a head-on collision had taken place. Photo Supplied

was inspected by paramedics andpolice and that the five occupants ofthe Opel were taken to the Bela BelaHospital via provincial ambulanceservices.The occupants of the Honda were

offered treatment by paramedics onthe scene, but refused, claiming thatthey were uninjured and did not needto be admitted to the hospital.The spokesperson of the Bela Bela

Police, Constable Glen Manamela,said that no incidents of drunken orreckless driving was reported.

Blitz inspections onhospitality sector

“turning a new leaf” will also explore theways the Department are planning toensure compliance with the amend-ments and the Act in general.Role players such as employers or

organization heads, academics, seniormanagers and others have been invitedto attend the road shows with dates andvenues yet to be released.The Department, through Public Employ-

ment Services (PES) unit has undertakento unite people with disabilities withrelevant stakeholders as part of theirmandate to create employment inLimpopo. Mokou said that the gesture willbe put to the works during a careerexhibition, which will see notablestakeholders presenting their schooling,business and employment opportunities aspart of their strategy to bring people withdisabilities to the job market en masse.The exhibition will take place at the

South African Broadcasting Commis-sion (SABC) auditorium on 22 July2014 at 10:00 and disabled individualsfrom all districts are invited to attend.Stakeholders invited for the day in-clude, among others, the National YouthDevelopment Agency, SAPS, LimpopoEconomic Development Agency, Gov-ernment Communication and Informa-tion System and the Department ofPublic Works. Mokou said that part ofthe exhibition will include registering theparticipants on the Employment Serv-ices of South Africa, to make themeasier to find by potential employers.

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“Ideally, what should be said toevery child, repeatedly, throughouthis or her school life is somethinglike this: ‘You are in the processof being indoctrinated. We havenot yet evolved a system of educa-tion that is not a system of indoc-trination. We are sorry, but it isthe best we can do. What you arebeing taught here is an amalgamof current prejudice and thechoices of this particular culture.The slightest look at history willshow how impermanent thesemust be. You are being taught bypeople who have been able toaccommodate themselves to aregime of thought laid down bytheir predecessors. It is a self-perpetuating system. Those of youwho are more robust and individualthan others will be encouraged toleave and find ways of educatingyourself — educating your ownjudgements. Those that stay mustremember, always, and all thetime, that they are being mouldedand patterned to fit into the narrowand particular needs of this par-ticular society.” — Doris Lessing,The Golden Notebook.Doris Lessing was born in Iran

and raised in what was then knownas Rhodesia, now of courseZimbabwe. She never graduatedhigh school, but made herself intoan intellectual and a writer despitethat. In 1995, she was given anhonorary degree from HarvardUniversity.When it comes to education,

therefore, Lessing knew what shewas talking about.One is inclined to agree with her

about education. If the schoolswere allowed to confine them-selves to teaching children how toread and write, and such skills asmaths and science, and thehistory of the world untainted bybias, the world would probably bebetter off.Instead, educational institutions

are pressed into the service of thegovernment propaganda machine,propagating the beliefs of those inpower into the next generation.No matter how well-intentioned

the government might be, anyattempt to bias the youth toward acertain point of view is fundamen-tally wrong. It becomes especiallyevident when the syllabus ispruned to remove those facts thatdo not support the current truth.The simple fact is that if the full

truth does not support your story,then your story is wrong. Nogovernment, no institution, has theright to pick and choose whatshould be taught to the young.For example, how many young

women were harmed by the refusalof schools to teach such “immoral”subjects as sex education? Howmany teen pregnancies werecaused by the failure of the schoolsystem to properly educate theyouth?Ultimately, the school system as

it currently stands exists to indoc-trinate the youth in the values andbeliefs of the dominant system,and that is a fundamental flaw init.The school system should, in an

ideal world, serve to educate theyouth in the facts, and let themform their opinions by themselves.

Education andthought

The following is a poem by the poetWilliam Butler Yeats (1865-1939).In it, he speaks of the SecondComing as is told in the Bible, butfrom a novel perspective.Yeats was convinced that time was

cyclical, and that for Christ to comeagain, first the world would need tofall into chaos as it had been beforehis birth.Turning and turning in the widen-

ing gyreThe falcon cannot hear the fal-

coner;Things fall apart; the centre

cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the

world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed,

and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is

drowned;The best lack all conviction, while

the worstAre full of passionate intensity.

Surely some revelation is at hand;Surely the Second Coming is at

hand.The Second Coming! Hardly are

those words outWhen a vast image out of Spiritus

MundiTroubles my sight: somewhere in

sands of the desertA shape with lion body and the

head of a man,A gaze blank and pitiless as the

sun,Is moving its slow thighs, while all

about itReel shadows of the indignant

desert birds.The darkness drops again; but

now I knowThat twenty centuries of stony

sleepWere vexed to nightmare by a

rocking cradle,And what rough beast, its hour

come round at last,Slouches towards Bethlehem to

be born?The poem contains some of the

most striking imagery of the twenti-eth century. The centre cannothold in particular is evocative,bringing to mind a routed armyfleeing the field (in the old days ofmelee warfare a common tacticwas to have the centre portion ofthe army meet the enemy head-onwhile the cavalry came down ontheir flanks, much like the bull’shorns developed by Shaka Zuluhere in South Africa. If the men inthe centre panicked, the battle waslost, because the entire tacticdepended on the centre holdingfirm.)Another part of the poem which is

especially relevant today is “Thebest lack all conviction, while theworst/Are full of passionateintensity”. It’s a phrase that speaksto us today, when the voices oftolerance and acceptance aredrowned out by the screams ofthose who hate. In today’s world,those who are good are quiet,while those who do evil — thosewho preach hatred and divisive-ness, those who murder peoplewho do not agree with them —shout their beliefs from therooftops.All in all, The Second Coming is a

thoughtful poem, as relevant todayas when it was written.

The Second Coming,by WB Yeats

This little girllistened to thelate FormerPresident NelsonMandela’s story inamazement.Photo: JustinSteyn

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Mandela Day 2014

Good Samaritans donated some goodies to the childrenof Dira-O-Direlwe Drop-in Center in Modimolle. Thegoodies include wheelchairs, paints, a stove, schoolshoes and cleaning materials among others. The donorsinclude the Waterberg District Municipality, African BankBela Bela, Doctor William Shilajoe and his wife Reneilwe,Forever Resorts, DIY building material supply in Bela Belaand Cash Build. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Modimolle mayor Kgaretja Lekalakalaand the Waterberg District Executivemayor Tlotlanang Mogotlane led thepeople in painting the drop-in centre.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Volunteers from Modimolle Local Municipality finished offunpaved roads in their area for 67 minutes. Photo: LizzyBapela

Other Modimolle Municipal volunteers sorted out thearea’s dumping site for 67 minutes. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Modimolle SAPS members gathered to clean theDorrnfontein Primary School outside Modimolle. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Colonel Isaac Maila of the ModimolleSAPS led the members in a cleaningcampaign on Mandela Day. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Various stakeholders volunteered tofix and clean one house inModmolle’s Marapong section whichwas badly damaged. Photo: LizzyBapela The National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT) and

its stakeholder volunteers gave Bela Bela’s Albert LuthuliPrimary School a complete makeover. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

The “In touch” group contributed sweets to the childrenof the Bela Bela Township on Mandela day. Photo: JustinSteyn

Various stakeholders in Bela Bela volunteered to cleanthe streets for 67 minutes. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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The community of Bela Bela joined their local municipality when establishing MadibaPark in Leseding Section in the previous Mandela Day events. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Mandela Day 67 Minutes of Charity events kick off Lizzy Bapela

It is the time of year when people fromall walks of life take time out of theirlives to embark on 67 minutes ofcharity work in order to make a differ-ence in the lives of the less fortunate.Various municipalities, companies,

government departments and individu-als from across the Waterberg Districtembarked on their 67 minutes invarious places in the name of charity.The newly elected mayor of Bela

Bela, Lucas Nhlapo, helped to cleanthe township on Friday, 18 July,starting from the railway line andcontinuing through the streets. Nhlaposaid before the event that he would bejoining other stakeholders in this drivein addition to showing his face at asmany events as possible. He wasaccompanied by officials, managersand his political management team.Meanwhile, Bela Bela’s Forever

Resorts under the leadership of SamRammutla joined the WaterbergExecutive Mayor Tlotlanang Mogotlaneand the Waterberg Department ofCorrectional Services in donatingblankets and hampers at Modimolle’sDira-O-Direlwe Drop-In centre. The

parties took the centre under theirwing last year after learning of theirneeds and are committed to assistingwhere possible.As part of the district’s Mandela Day

events the mayor of Mookgophong,Sarah Monyamane, embarked on acleaning campaign in the parks in herarea, as well as painting classroomsat Dikuku Public Primary School andpainting damaged road signs.Modimolle mayor Kgaretja Lekalakala

and her team got their hands dirty bycleaning in Vaalwater’s Extension 3and part of the town, later joining theDepartment of Social Development atMabaleng crèche for another cam-paign. The team later joined the localSAPS in painting the DoornfonteinPrimary School in Ward 2.The Diesel ‘n Dust Family, consisting

of soccer and netball teams and led bytheir managing director Pat Seemacleaned out the dirt at Sunfa Stadiumand fixing damaged poles.The Waterberg Government Communi-cations and Information System(GCIS) led by Maria Ramoshaba andstakeholders cleaned streets inVaalwater and assisted with gardeningservices for the elderly.

ANC Secretary Gwede Mantashe visits Bela Bela

ANC national, provincial and regional leaders recently visited Bela Bela for aNelson Mandela memorial lecture. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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The National Education CollaborationTrust (NECT) embarked on their 67Minutes of Activism in commemorationof Mandela Day at Albert Luthuli Pri-mary School on Friday, 18 July. TheNECT and its members along withmembers of the faculty will be workingto renovate and paint the classrooms.The NECT is a partnership initiative

aimed at strengthening cooperationbetween stakeholders in the educationsector including government business,

ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe received a warm welcome from themasses when he graced Bela Bela. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Executive Committee (NEC) also gracedthe event with the Waterberg RegionalExecutive Committee (REC) accompany-ing them. Among other delegates wereLephalale Mayor Jack Maeko in hiscapacity as an REC member, REC chair-person Morris Mataboge and ANC PECmembers including chairperson andLimpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha andsecretary Nocks Seabi.In his speech Mantashe said that during

the apartheid years, struggle heroes werenot fighting against white people, butagainst white domination. He spoke ofMandela’s determination to put educationbefore everything throughout his years asleader of the country, and even into hisretirement.

He said that the ANC has been telling agood story in the past 20 years, which hasset a foundation to usher in the real journeyto freedom that the people of South Africaare currently on.“Madiba challenged us to act in the

moment, and not think that time is on ourside. He taught us to use our time wiselyand not waste it because if we do, we willbe described as failures. To move SouthAfrica forward we must move now and anANC that does not support where we aretoday is not a liberated movement. Weshould never be led by fear, but by bold-ness and remember that “a cat catchesmice regardless of its colour.” Money losesits value when more of it gets printed everyday — the Zim dollar used to cost R1.50

and today it has no value whatsoever. If Ipromise to give you all farms and do notcare how you are to manage them, andthen I tell you that I will double yoursalaries, I will be failing you as a leader,”said Mantashe.He said that unity is not a choice but a

must, adding that we must work with allpeople and not just those we love. Headvised ANC members against formingfactions and disempowering otherswithin the party. Mantashe said that anANC member must never feel unwantedor unwelcome within the party, but mustall work together in peace and harmony.The assembled cheered the speakers

during the event, showing respect toMantashe and Mathabatha.

Lizzy Bapela

The ANC Secretary General GwedeMantashe told an assembled crowd inBela Bela to follow the message andexample of former president NelsonMandela, who said that “Education isthe most powerful weapon you can useto change the world.” Mantashe saidthis while he was delivering a memoriallecture on the life of the icon. The eventwas held at Forever Resorts on Thurs-day, 17 July.Hundreds of people, including the

youth and members and leaders of theANC from branches to the provinciallevel attended the lecture.ANC members from the National

Albert Luthuli School to receive makeoverlabour and civil society with the statedgoal of improving education outcomes inSouth Africa. It was established throughthe Education Collaboration Frameworkin response to the call for collaborationin the education sector in the NationalDevelopment Plan was formallylaunched on 16 July 2013. The NECTaims to bring about transformation byinfluencing and supporting the agendafor reform in education.In celebrating the life, legacy and

values of Nelson Mandela which pro-mote a better education system in

South Africa, the NECT is embarking onan initiative called the Fresh StartSchools Programme. Mandisa Thusiniof the NECT said that the programmeseeks to pay attention to schoolsrequiring urgent intervention. Thusinisaid that their approach is to recognizethat some schools require an individual-ised approach in order to bring aboutimprovement.She added that the approach requires

cooperation from the Department ofBasic Education, the business sector,teachers’ unions and communities.

“Albert Luthuli Primary School in theWaterberg is one of the 291 schoolsthat have been earmarked for a full-scale revamp, which includes learningprocesses, environment and relation-ships,” she said. “The 291 schools wereselected from six of the eight districtswhere the NECT is already collaboratingwith schools, businesses and the localcommunity to assist those schools thatrequire urgent assistance.”The NECT encourages citizens topartner with them in order to giveschools a fresh start.

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Germany’s team celebrate their victory. Photo supplied

The Nylstroom Flying Club held theirannual fly-in on Friday, Saturday andSunday of this past weekend — one ofthe largest of its kind in the country.The weekend is regarded as having

been a success by those who at-tended. By Friday, 25 aircraft hadalready arrived, and all those whoattended had a lovely time surroundedby the aircraft. Attendees were fed on

Nylstroom Flying Club organizes annual fly-in

Derek Hopins was at the helm of this Antonov AN2. This 1942 Boeing Stearman was piloted by Hanno De Beer.

A Pitt Special, which was piloted by Ivan van der Schaar. These two planes looked particularly impressive as they came in for landing.

soup and had a braai, and there werebeverages available.Around the fire in the evenings,

attendees exchanged stories and oldfriends caught up with each other.While some of the attendees availed

themselves of B&B’s in town, otherscamped out under the wings of theiraircrafts, and still others took advan-tage of tents and beds that were

available for rent.There were no limitations on flying, so

everyone went up as long as theyliked.Saturday was buzzing, with over 230

aircraft moving around from 08:00 to17:30. On Saturday evening there wasa prize-giving ceremony whereachievements in airmanship and otherfields were honoured.

Derek Hopkins was honoured as theday’s best pilot, while Sue Singletonwon the award for “Real HappyCamper”. Karl Jensen won the GPSraffle.After the awards attendees were

entertained with music over dinner, andon Sunday morning there were break-fast rolls and coffee to wake everyoneup for the return trip.

Germany flattens opposition in the Soccer World CupTeam Germany are deservedly proudof themselves after fighting to a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Argentina inthe finals of the 2014 Soccer WorldCup.The German team and their entou-

rage impressed locals before thechampionshipstarted by makingcharitable dona-tions and leadingclean-up andcharity efforts inRio.After the German

victory, Germanmidfielder MezutOzil donated his World Cup prizemoney to various charity projects inBrazil. This follows on his paying forthe surgery of eleven needy childrenbefore the championship started. Afterthe final, he announced on hisFacebook that he would sponsor the

surgery for another twelve children,bringing the total up to 23 as,according to Ozil’s Twitter Profile,“The victory of the worldcup is notonly due to eleven players but to thewhole team.” Ozil’s bonus for beingon the winning team is $400 000. At

current ex-change ratesthat is R4, 2million or885 400 Brazil-ian Real.International

media reportsthat the Argen-tinian squad,

who fought to the bitter end againstthe Germans in the final, are donat-ing nearly $110 000 to the paediat-ric cancer centre of a hospital inBuenos Aires. This translates tonearly R1, 2 million, or 243 485Brazilian Real.

“The victory of theworldcup is not only dueto eleven players but to

the whole team....

the beat 25 july 2014

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