Jet stores robbedin Modimolle,Mookgophong

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Bela-Bela resident Simon Mabasa tried tofile a case against the former owner of anRDP house at Bela-Bela’s Extension 8 afterthe sister of the former owner allegedlysmashed the windows of the house in anattempt to force Mabasa and his family toleave.

The incident occurred on Saturday, 23April, in the morning.

Mabasa bought the house on StandNumber 8741 from Johanna Maunatlala.

RDP salegone wrong

TK MashabaMaunatlala is alleged to have sold thehouse a second time, for a larger amount,and told Mabasa to leave. She offered topay him back the money he had paid for thehouse, but he allegedly refused.

Maunatlala’s sister Moloko allegedlyarrived at the house early on 23 April.

“She told me that we must leave thehouse, because it now belonged to the newbuyer,” he said. “I told her that I didn’twant to leave the house as I had alreadypurchased it, but she smashed all thewindows and came inside and threw out ourfurniture to make way for the new buyer.”

Mabasa said that he did not want to fight,so he phoned the municipality and thepolice.During the arrest, Moloko Maunatlala

allegedly told the police that she hadsmashed the windows because Mabasa hasalready been repaid the money for thehouse by her sister.The police refused to open a case. They

told Mabasa that the issue was a municipalone, as the municipality was the properauthority to deal with housing disputes.The municipality was not available for

comment on the matter.

The windows of Simon Mabasa’s RDPhouse, which were allegedly smashed bythe former owner’s sister.Photo: TK Mashaba

The former owner’s sister was taken infor questioning, but the policeeventually refused to charge her.Photo: TK Mashaba

Mabasa’s furniture was thrown out intothe yard to clear the house for the newowner. Photo: TK Mashaba

Hot water forWaterberg EFFchairperson

TK Mashaba

Dira Moatshe and Jan KebarengKanapi have opened a case of assaultagainst their former employerLebogang Monageng, chairperson ofthe EFF in the Waterberg. The twoformerly worked as drivers forMonageng.

It is alleged that on Sunday, 24April, the pair tracked Monagengdown in a local shop and asked himfor money that he apparently owesthem. The money is apparently theirsalaries for the past three months.

According to Moatshe, Monagengtold them to “voetsek.”

“Things began to go sour after wetold him that we needed the moneythat he owes us for our work as perthe agreement, and he told us that wewouldn’t get paid and that we can goto hell,” Moatshe said.

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Jan Kebareng Kanapi and DiraMoatshe. Kanapi was hit with abottle and kicked in the scuffle,while Moatshe escapedunharmed. Photo: TK Mashaba

Kanapi displays his injured arm.Photo supplied

EFF WaterbergchairpersonLebogangMonageng wasexpected toappear before theBela-BelaMagistrate’s Courton charges ofassault.Photo:TK Mashaba

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Monageng and several other EFFmembers then allegedly attacked the pair.

Moatshe escaped unharmed whileKanapi was hit on the hand with a bottleand kicked before he, too, managed to

make good his escape.Bela-Bela Police Colonel Abel Phetla

confirmed the incident, and said thatMonageng was expected to appear beforethe Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court onTuesday, 26 February.

Monageng was not available forcomment.

2 | 29 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaCRIME

Robbers and burglars have caused greatdamage at Modimolle this past week.

The Jet Mart store in the main street wasrobbed by two men at around 09:15 in themorning on Friday, 22 April. WarrantOfficer James Findlay, spokesperson for theModimolle Police, said that one of the menasked a salesperson for the price of theitem. While the salesperson was helpinghim, a second man entered the store andthreatened the staff with a 9mm pistol. Theywere made to lie down on the ground in thestoreroom while one of the staff memberswas made to unlock the safe.

The two men made off with around R800

Two Modimolle stores robbed

The Jet Mart in Modimolle’s main street was robbed in broad daylight on Friday, 22April, by two men. Police are investigating. Photo: Ronél van Jaarsveld

Ronél van Jaarsveldin cash and around R200 000 in cellphones.

They fled in a Hyundai car in thedirection of the toll gate. A case of robberyhas been opened.

In another case the supermarketFoodzone was burgled in the early hoursof Sunday, 24 April. The burglars arebelieved to have entered through the roofof the building. According to Findlay thepolice suspect that the burglars opened thesafe with explosives.

The burglars are believed to haveescaped with R55 000 in cash, R40 000 inairtime, and R40 000 in cigarettes.

The police are investigating both cases.“Business owners should beef up

security and make use of safety measuressuch as panic buttons,” said Findlay.

Legal trouble forWaterberg EFF chair

The Jet store at Mookgophong was robbedby armed men on Sunday, 17 April.Three unidentified armed men entered the

store at around 10:00. The three apparentlyinsulted the security guard and caused aconfrontation. They then dragged him intothe store and assaulted him.According to Warrant Officer George

Ledwaba, spokesperson for theMookgophong Police Department, two ofthe three then held up the cashiers withhandguns and ordered them to hand over the

A farm manager in the Mookgophong areawas attacked and robbed by armed men onSaturday, 16 April.Four men arrived at the farm Olifantklip at

roughly 22:00 that night. The men tied upthe farm manager, who is known as Phasa.

Mookgophong Jet robbedby armed gunmen

Marietjie Steenkamp

Mookgophong’sJet Store wasrobbed by armedgunmen onSunday, 17 April.Photo: MarietjieSteenkamp

keys to the safe.The men fled with R7 430 from the safe

and 340 cellphones.No-one has been arrested in connection

with the case.An employee of Pep Stores, which is

located just one store down from Jet, toldThe BEAT’s sister paper The Post that thethieves were at their store first. They arebelieved to have left because the store wasfull of people at that time, as the store wasundergoing repairs.None of the robbers were known to anyone

in the store, and the case is underinvestigation by the police at Mookgophong.

Farm manager attacked Marietjie Steenkamp

They proceeded to steal a blue Hollandtractor, a generator, various tools and thevictim’s cellphone. They loaded their bootyonto a tractor and left in the direction of theN1.Phasa did not recognize any of the men

and a case of robbery was opened by theMookgophong police.Nobody has as yet been arrested.

The case against 29 Malawians who arecharged with entering South Africa withoutpassports has been postponed to Thursday,5 May.The immigrants were arrested for illegally

entering South Africa on Wednesday, 13April.The arresting officer, Sello Maleka of the

Bela-Bela Traffic Department, said that hehad noticed a suspicious truck travelling onthe R101 from Modimolle to Bela-Bela. Hestopped the vehicle and asked about itscontents.“I asked the driver to pull over and asked

what he was carrying,” Maleka said. “Hesaid that he was transporting fridges andother furniture but I could hear voicescoming from the truck.”Maleko instructed the driver to follow him

to the Bela-Bela Traffic Station, where

Illegal immigrant case postponed

officials found 78 immigrants.The immigrants had been in the truck for

five days. They had been picked up nearBeitbridge at the Zimbabwean border, aftertheir previous vehicle had broken down.The driver had apparently told them that hewould take them to Johannesburg.Only one of the immigrants claimed to

have family in South Africa. He also saidthat he had entered the country without apassport before.The Malawian driver, Bandah Hamza

Manzie, was only in possession of apassport but no driver’s license.Manzie and 29 other Malawians were

found without passports and were arrestedfor illegally entering the country.They appeared before the Bela-Bela

Magistrate’s court on Friday 15 April wherethe case was postponed to Monday 25 Aprilwhere an interpreter explained their rightsto them. The case was postponed again toThursday 5 May.

A total of 78Malawianimmigrants weretravelling in asmall trucktowardsJohannesburg.Twenty-nine ofthese have beenfound withoutpassports and maybe deported.Photo: Justin Steyn

Justin Steyn

| 329 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za GOVERNMENT / POLITICAL

Murder accused Solly Ndlovu (37) wasexpected to hear the decision made by theDirector of Public Prosecutions (DPP) onFriday, 29 April.

Ndlovu stands accused of murdering a 28year old woman, who was believed to be hisgirlfriend, in December last year.

According to Bela-Bela policespokesperson, Maria Maleto, Ndlovu wasinvolved in a scuffle with NathaliaMaphanga at their extention 5 home onSunday 20 December.

Maleto said that the two became involvedin what appeared to be a brawl where theyused knives to attack each other. Maphangawas fatally wounded and died on the scene.

Ndlovu was hospitalized for over a week

DPP to decide on Ndlovuon 29 April

as he had suffered stab wounds to the neckarm and chest.

Ndlovu made his first court appearance inthe Bela-Bela Magistrate’s court onTuesday 5 January and has been deniedbail since police investigations have takenplace.

Maleto has since encouraged thecommunity to report domestic violence.

“As the Police we are encouraging thecommunity to report all cases of Domesticviolence as most of them eventually lead todeath of one or both partners. We have aVictim Support centre at the Police stationthat is equipped with trained officials whoare there to assist with such cases. Theyoffer counselling, temporary shelter, food,clothing and others in order to helpempower the victim and they operate 24/7,”Maleto said.

Two escapees that were among the 13 thatescaped from police custody at theModimolle police station in Marchappeared before the ModimolleMagistrate’s Court on Wednesday, 20 April.The two suspects, Ronald Lubombo and

Andrew Shikakule, were arrested afterbeing in possession of suspected stolenproperty on Monday, 18 April inHartebeespoort.Modimolle police spokesperson Warrant

Officer James Findlay said that it waslearned after their arrest that the suspects

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were among the trial-awaiting escapees.The suspects forced the mesh wire on the

roof in the exercise room open during theirescape from the local cells. The police arestill investigating to determine what wasused to force the mesh open and how thathappened.

Both the rearrested escapees wereoriginally arrested for armed robbery.Warrant Officer Findlay said that there werethree suspects in for armed robbery amongthe escapees and the third one is still on therun.

At the time of going to press, the policecould not reveal the dates on which thesuspects were expected to appear before thelocal magistrate’s court yet.

Rearrested appear in court Lizzy Bapela

4 | 29 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaGOVERNMENT / POLITICAL

Thapelo Chauke (19) of Bela-Bela wassentenced to pay a fine of R4 000 or facetwelve months in jail when he appearedbefore the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court onWednesday, 13 April for a charge of theft.

Constable Maria Maleto said that thecomplainant alleged that Chauke stole twobicycles at Coco’s Fashion Store in June2012. He was arrested at a later stage andmade several court appearances until his trialday, when he was sentenced. The police didnot reveal whether the accused chose to paythe fine or take up the sentence.

Waterberg African National Congress YouthLeague (ANCYL) Regional ExecutiveCommittee member Seraka Mapeka choseto spend his most important day withchildren on Wednesday 20 April.Children from Agape Crèche at

Modimolle’s Phomolong had a fun-filledday as part of the festivities of ANCYLmember and Young Communist League(YCL) Govan Mbeki spokesperson’s 31stbirthday.Mapeka was joined by, among others, the

Monotong Branch chairperson KlaasMabunda and ANC ward councillorcandidate Rufus Mahoro at the birthdayparty.

Thieves face themight of the law

Lizzy BapelaMeanwhile in a separate case, the

complainant Kanti Rachel Mojapelo of KutuStreet in Soweto opened a case of theftagainst her son Peter, (23), alleging that hestole a window frame from their home.

The complainant alleged that everythingwas in order when she left her place to workon the morning of 8 October 2012. Herneighbour called to inform her of the crime.

She alerted the police and a case of theftwas opened.

Constable Maleto said that the suspect wastraced and arrested later that day. He wassentenced when he appeared in court onWednesday, 13 April and was given sixmonths imprisonment or a fine of R2 000.

Before delivering the Solomon KalushiMahlangu memorial lecture, Waterberg ANCREC member Buti Moagi sang liberationsongs.The Solomon Mahlangu memorial lecture

was hosted by the ANC Modimolle sub-regionat the Phagameng Taxi Rank in Modimolle onSaturday 23 April.Solomon Mahlangu was executed on 6 April

1979 in Pretoria Central Prison.Moagi mentioned Solomon Mahlangu’s

famous quote: “Tell my people that I lovethem and that they must continue thestruggle,” as he educated the young peopleabout the history of this struggle hero.These words were reportedly Mahlangu’s

last words to his mother before he wasexecuted.Moagi said this was solid proof that

Mahlangu loved his people to an extent thathe lived and died for them.“Comrades, local elections are approaching

and we are going to respect the currentleadership until such time that the newleadership takes over,” Moagi pleaded withmembers of the community.Moagi chanted “Now is the time, vote ANC”

before wrapping up his speech with a song.Waterberg ANC Deputy Chairperson Jack

Maeko delivered a keynote address on theday.“I want us all to understand why we joined

Waterberg ANC calls forunity among locals

Waterberg RECMember ButiMoagi deliveredthe SolomonMahlangumemorial lecture.Photo supplied

the African National Congress. Every singleindividual who joined the ANC is certainlyfamiliar with a declaration that they havesigned, and agreed to be bound by the policiesand rules of the organisation.”

Maeko said the ANC aims to unite andliberate the people of South Africa.

He also told the audience that the Waterbergwas one of the richest regions in the province,and able to create job opportunities for thelocals.

“Comrades, the Waterberg region is rich inmany ways. We just need to find ways toutilize the resources we have, so that we cancreate jobs for our people. We have mines inMokopane, Lephalale and Thabazimbi. Wemust ensure that Lephalale Municipality’sgrowth does not only benefit the people ofLephalale, but it should instead benefit theentire region. All of us as the citizens of theWaterberg must benefit from the ever-growing economy of Lephalale Municipality,”Maeko said.

Maeko pointed out that this can only beachieved if the community is workingtogether as a united front.

He appealed to the members and leaders ofANC to defend their organisation, and urgedthem to address their issues through properchannels.

Maeko further urged community leaders,particularly councillors, to build a closeworking relationship with their communities,and ensure that there is progress in servicedelivery.

Mzamane Ringane

Members of the ANC dancing during the memorial lectureevent. Photo supplied

Waterberg ANCDeputyChairperson JackMaeko deliveringa keynote address.Photo supplied

Waterberg ANCYL member celebratesbirthday with children

Mzamane RinganeThe children sang a birthday song for the

youth leader, and enjoyed snacks and thecake in ANC colours.This youth leader handed over educational

toys to the SGB chairperson JohnLechelele, who received this contributionon behalf of the crèche.Mapeka said he chose to celebrate his

birthday with children of Agape Crèchelocated on the remote section ofPhomolong, because he felt that all childrenequally deserve a treat from time to time.The children were visibly happy to receive

a visit from many local members of theANC from various branches who packedthe venue to celebrate the birthday party ofone of their own, while on other handmaking a positive contribution to thecrèche.

Members of the ANC with the kids at Agape Crèche. Photo: Mzamane Ringane

Seraka Mapeka shares the cake with little ones at Agape Crèche.Photo: Mzamane Ringane

Seraka Mapekacuts the cakeduring his birthdayparty at AgapeCrèche. Photo:Mzamane Ringane

No Bela-Bela residents attendedthe public participation meetingin Bela-Bela where themunicipal budget concept, aswell as the IntegratedDevelopment Plan (IDP), wereto be presented.

The meeting was to have takenplace at Laerskool Warmbad inWard 1, but Mayor LucasNhlapo, two council members,and a representative from ThePost were the only attendees.

By law, the Mayor mustdiscuss these budgets withresidents in each ward, andresidents must be given theopportunity to comment orcontribute before the budgetmay be accepted.

The budget concept indicates,among other things, whatresidents may expect to pay formunicipal services.

Since the residents did notattend the meeting, the processcannot continue.

Frans Rootman, thechairperson of the Bela-BelaTaxpayers Forum, said thatthere are allegations that thebudget presented to the councildiffers from what would bepresented to the residents,which would render the wholeprocess invalid.

“We refused to take part in thisprocess and we are placingpressure on the municipality toamend their mistakes,” he said.“We believe that the infighting

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| 529 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za EDITORIAL

Nobody attendsbudget meeting

between council members hasshifted their primary focus awayfrom the community’s interests.The people do not want to payfor unsatisfactory service.”

Rootman is of the opinionthat insufficient informationwas available, since the budgetwas not available on themunicipality’s website beforethe first participation meeting.

The budget was only madeavailable on Friday, 22 April,after three meetings in Wards1, 2, and 3, were already tohave taken place.

Rootman said that themunicipality should have madethe particulars known to thecommunity 21 days before themeetings were to take place, sothat residents could properlyprepare for the meetings.

New meeting dates will haveto be announced.

The IDP and the municipalbudget must, according to law,be accepted by 1 June.

Nhlapo told The Post that theapproval of the community isvital to the budget process, andthat the participation processmust be completed by the endof April.

“I am going to find outexactly what the reason is forthe non-attendance,” he said.“I also want to find outwhether there is a problemwith the budget, since thedates for the meeting weredecided well in advance. Anew date for the meeting willbe made known soon.”

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Dawie Nienaber, a Modimolle resident, sent in these photos ofthe Donkerpoort Dam to show how drastically the dam’slevels have sunk. The first photo was taken in October 2015.The second was taken on Sunday, 17 April, six months later.Nienaber’s bakkie is parked on the same spot where thewater level was in October.

Residents on smallholdings andfarms near Modimolle’s dumpingground, say that the rubbish beingdumped in the road is preventingthem from reaching their homes.Angry residents from the

neighboring Extension 10 blockedthe road to the dumping groundlast week by digging a deep ditchto prevent the municipality fromdumping any more trash in thearea.They say that the smoke which

hangs in the air constantly poses ahealth risk to them and that theirchildren are frequently ill. Peoplewho are recycling at the terrain are

Chaos at the dumping ground

A resident tookthis photo fromher car. Rubbish isbeing strewnalong and in theroad because agroup of unhappyresidents haveblocked the roadto the dumpingground. Residentsof farms andsmallholdings inthe area say thattheir access isbeing hindered.

Ronél van Jaarsveldapparently responsible for settingthe fires.

“The municipality filled in theditch, but people in red T-shirts satin the road and prevented residentswho wanted to dump their rubbishfrom accessing the dumpingground,” said Fina van Deventer, aresident. “People went ahead andjust dumped their trash right in thestreet.”

She sought help from themunicipality on Monday, 25 April,but was told that there was nodriver available to help her.

“The people who dig through thegarbage have been setting the pilesin the road on fire as well,” shesaid. “About a hundred people livedown this road and if things go onlike this we will not be able to get

to our homes.”She took pictures of the trash in

the road this weekend, but wasconfronted by some of theprotesters. According to her, theywanted to take her phone. After shegot back into her car, she says theyappeared to be yanking at her car’sregistration number.“I didn’t feel safe,” she said. “A

young girl who drove this way toldus that some of them jumped onher car.”Patrick Shika, spokesperson for

the Modimolle Local Municipality,said that the protesters weresupporters of the EFF.On Monday, 25 April, he said that

the problem has been solved andthat rubbish can be dumped on thedumping ground as usual.

Department of Healthconducts immunizations

The Department of Health inLimpopo will be conductingimmunization campaign of childrenfrom the age of zero (0) to six (6)years and 12 years old as part of theGlobal and African Vaccinationweek, in all the districts.It remains important for children to

be vaccinated so that they areprotected from infectious diseases.

The MEC for Health Dr PhophiRamathuba will be conducting achild immunization drive inPolokwane, at Zone 71, next to NewLook Primary School on the 30thApril 2016 as part of this campaign.

The Department is appealing to allparents and caregivers to bring theirchildren to the nearest public clinicfor immunization from the 24th tothe 30th April 2016. The theme forthe campaign is “Close theImmunization Gap.”

Immunization campaigns such asthe one currently underway havedropped the childhood mortalityfigure significantly. Where oncechildren regularly died ofdiseases such as whoopingcough and measles, vaccinesprevent these infections andprotect children from them.Photo as illustration

The MEC forHealth Dr Phophi

Ramathuba. Photo:Mzamane Ringane

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Congregation marches against abuse

Members of the Young Men’s Guild (YMG)forum also known as Madodana Ase Weseletook to the streets of Bela-Bela to march againstall forms of abuse in the area. The march tookplace on Saturday, 21 April, setting out from thelocal community hall. The marchers consisted ofmembers from different circuits of MethodistChurch under the Limpopo District.

The march went through the streets of thetownship and ended at the Letlhabile Park,where they were planning to hand theirmemorandum of grievances to the local police.The marchers were raising awareness against theabuse of women, children, the aged and alsoprotesting against substance abuse. They werealso marching against attacks on foreigners(xenophobia), also stating that human and drugtrafficking are wrong and evil. The marchersdemonstrated their anger against the abuses and

Lizzy Bapelaattacks by means of posters, with many written“One heart; One way” and some written “Don’twait, Act now, End domestic violence and childabuse”.On arrival at the park, the marchers were

supposed to meet with representatives of thelocal police, who were supposed to sign onreceipt of the memorandum of grievances.Members of the community left their homes andfollowed the marchers as they were passingthrough their streets to see what was going on

where they continued with their three-daylong conference.

Committee members were in discussions withthe Traffic officer Thabo Tshabalala during themarch. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

and where were the men in black, white and red wereheading to.Unfortunately for the marchers, the police officials who

were supposed to meet with them did not arrive toaccept the memorandum.Local police spokesperson Constable Maria Maleto

said that according to her knowledge, one of the shiftcommanders Captain Moses Moselane was tasked tomeet the marchers and accept the memorandum onbehalf of the station but could not make it.The marchers then headed back to the community hall,

| 729 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.za CHARITY / ENTERTAINMENT / SCHOOL

Bela-Bela’s Kamplits Volleyball is traininghard for their turn as host for the LimpopoVolleyball League Games on Saturday, 21May.

According to Thabo Molokomme, theteam’s trainer, they have been hard at workahead of the weekend games.

“We are expecting 34 teams,” he said.

Dineo “Mizdee” Motsepe cutting her birthday cake with herhusband Eutrice Motsepe during her music video launch heldin Tshwane on Sunday 24 April. Photo: TK Mashaba

Bela-Bela prepares tohost 34 volleyball teams

Jonas Mothobi (farleft) of KamplitsVolleyball wasselected to playfor the nationalbeach volleyballteam. Photo: TKMashaba

Kamplits’ ladiesteam during a pastleague match.Photo: TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba“There will be eighteen male teams andsixteen female teams from across Limpopo.”

The team is also looking forward to thisweekend’s selections for the Interprovincialgames which are to be held from 11 to 16July.

Kamplits’Jonas Mothobi was also selectedfor the national volleyball team.

“We are happy with our team’s progressand we want to continue to producesuperstars,” Molokomme said.

Fiends of Dineo“Mizdee” Motsepeat the grandentrance beforethe music videolaunch held inTshwane onSunday 24 April.Photo: TK Mashaba

Kutloano Hlabela, Mizdee’s manager, onthe red carpet before the launch. Photo:TK Mashaba

Dineo “Mizdee” Motsepe performed “A Night like This” and“Say Yes” at the launch of her new music video. Photo: TK Mashaba

Motsepe‘s latestsong “After ANight Like This”music videopreview on screen.Photo: TK Mashaba

8 | 29 April, 2016beateditor@gmail.com | Website: thebeat.linmedia.co.zaSPORT

All eyes on Baroka FCLimpopo giant killers Baroka FC lived up tothe expectations of football lovers in theprovince, when they humiliated PremierSoccer League (PSL) side Polokwane City2-0 at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium onSunday 24 April.

The two teams were playing in theNedbank Cup quarter-finals, where one teamhad to give way to the other ahead of thesemi-finals.

Baroka FC is now the only team from thelower National First Division (NFD) leagueremaining in the cup competition.

It is for the second time now that BarokaFC reaches the semi-finals of the prestigiousNedbank Cup.

In 2011 when this team was still playing inthe SAFA Second Division (ABC MotsepeLeague), they managed to reach the semisafter eliminating both Kaizer Chiefs andOrlando Pirates.

Baroka FC now carries the hopes ofLimpopo, as they will be visiting SupersportUnited on their home ground, where the twowill be fighting for a spot in the final.

The Limpopo team has proven beyondreasonable doubt that they can be able tobring home the trophy.

Mzamane RinganeIn a space of three minutes just before the

referee blew the final whistle, Baroka FCmanaged to score the two important goals.

Baroka FC was awarded a free-kick in the42nd minute. Baroka FC came close totaking the lead then, but JackyMotshegwa’s attempt hit the crossbar.

Fortunately for the NFD side, AlbertMothupa was in a good position andconverted the rebound beautifully to givehis team a 1-0 lead.

Baroka FC’s second goal came throughCollins Makgaka who finished off a greatcross from Donald Makondelela, during thereferee’s additional time just before half-time.

The team could have scored more goals inthe second half, but they unfortunatelyfailed to utilize the multiple chances thatthey had.

In the 78th minute Baroka FC’s TshepoMatete who is popularly known as“Skhwama Sama Tariyana” to soccer fansacross South Africa, was brought into thegame under a loud cheer of supporters.

Matete is known for his amazing dribblingskills on the soccer field.

This dribbling wizard was, however,denied a chance to display his skills in frontof the crowd, as the Polokwane City playersensured that he was always kept on his toes.

Home Defenders regain top spot

Mzamane Ringane

Waterberg Regional SAB League titlecontenders Modimolle Home Defendersregained their position on top of the logstandings, after bagging ten points and sixgoals last weekend.

Home Defenders defeated Bussel FC 6-2on Saturday 23 April, and continued theirwinning spree when they walloped Bela-Bela Pirates 4-1 on Sunday 24 April.

Bela-Bela Pirates on Saturday shared thespoils after playing to 1-all stalemateModimolle All Stars.

Modimolle All Stars’fixture against KKUnited resulted in a walk-over on Sunday,in favour of All Stars.

The biggest upset of the weekend was the3-1 mauling of Modimolle Troublemakersby the struggling Modimolle Young Pirateson Saturday.

Troublemakers also suffered a huge 4-0

The SAB Leaguecontinues todisplay mouth-watering footballaction. Photo:Mzamane Ringane

loss when they played Flamingo FC onSunday.

Second-placed Qualitho FC improvedtheir goal difference on the log after beatingBussel FC 10-1 on Sunday.

Diesel N Dust FC lost 2-1 to Bela-BelaHappy Hearts on Saturday.

In Stream B of the league MokopaneRatanang, who have a 10-point lead at thetop of the log, continued to improve theirchances of going to the play-offs afterwhipping Simple Yellows 10-0.

Hot on the heels of Ratanang is YsterUnited on the second spot with 55 points.

Yster United walked away with a singlepoint on Sunday after a 0-all draw withWaterberg TVET FC.

Waterberg TVET FC occupies the fourthposition on the log standings with 44points.

In Mookgophong, Juniors Stars gave theirhomeboys AC Milan a 6-1 hiding onSaturday.