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TK Mashaba

Bela-Bela municipal workers downedtools on Monday, 26 January after adelay on the payments which were dueon Friday, 23 January.The workers overturned dustbins and

refused service while they demandedtheir salaries.According to the information The BEAT

was able to gather, the municipality isalleged to have a large backlog ofpayments for service providers.“This is a sad situation,” said a

municipal worker who spoke to TheBEAT under condition of anonymity.

“We have bills and accounts to pay.How can they delay our payments? Thishas never happened before.”Rumours ran rampant in the crowd on

Monday, with some saying that themunicipality is paying more than R1million per month for rented trucks, whilesome say that it might have been betterto buy their own truck.Matome Sebelebele, the municipality’s

spokesperson, said that he was awareof what the workers were suffering, butadded that the delay was due to asystem issue.“Remember, we use different banks for

paying different individuals, and some

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Municipal cars parked during a protest by workers demanding their payments on Monday 26January. Photo: TK Mashaba.

Morris Maluleka addressed protesting municipalemployees on Monday, 26 January. Photo: TK Mashaba.

might have received their payments ontime while others suffered a delay,” hesaid.Municipal manager Morris Maluleka

managed to calm the situation when hedelivered an address on the paymentissue.“As you all know, you are getting paid

using a Cash Focus system. You wereexpecting payment on Friday, but whathappened was that some of thetransactions did go through on Friday,while others were not processed,” hesaid. “I realized the problem onFriday, but you know they don’t workon weekends. I asked the municipality

to do cheques to the bank so that theycan process your payment, but theonly bank which could assist us wasABSA.”Maluleka told the employees that they

should all have received theirpayments by Monday afternoon, andurged workers to return to work.He also urged municipal employees

to have a positive approach toproblems rather than “closing themunicipality and trashing papers.”At the time of going to press some,

but not all, municipal employees hadbeen paid, and most of the municipalemployees had returned to service.

Municipal employees overturned trashcans and hurledpapers during their protest. Photo: TK Mashaba.

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Justin Steyn

Incidents of housebreaking are said tobe on the increase in and around Bela-Bela.Dana Smit, a resident in Ludorf Street,

said that the increase in incidents aredue to unkept areas.“A neighbour of mind had her laptop

stolen one morning. I have observedmany people sitting around an open sitenear our home. The site itself isoverwhelmed with long grass and refuse,and it would be easy for criminals toobserve the comings and goings ofresidents.”Warrant Officer James Findlay of the

TK Mashaba

The Bela-Bela SAPS and theDepartment of Health busted abakery known as Dawn Bakery onThursday, 22 January. The bakerywas situated a few kilometres fromSondela Nature Resort, and wasforced to close down after it wasfound that it was operating without theproper documentation.Ten alleged illegal immigrants were

arrested on the spot but two more fledinto the bush after seeing the policevehicle. The owner of the place toldthe police that he was still new andsaid that he was not aware of any

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Modimolle Police said that there havenot been any reports of incidents in theirarea, but advised residents not toapproach persons who sit near theirhomes.Do not approach any person you deem

suspicious regardless of whether theyare near your home. It would be best tocall the police or your appointedsecurity and let them handle thesituation. If you do that criminals willknow that residents are aware of theirsurroundings,” he said.The Bela-Bela municipal spokesperson,

Matome Sebelebele, could not bereached for comment regarding the sitein Ludorf Street.

Police closes down illegal bakery

irregularities.The owner was fined R300, and the

bakery was closed down until theycould comply with the rules. Arepresentative from the Departmentof Health said that the place was ahealth hazard, especially as it ismanufacturing food.“The police had to close the bakery

down and stop operation until theyhave all the necessarydocumentation,” said personnel.The alleged illegal immigrants who

were arrested were later released.Two people who did not have theirdocumentation with them were askedto obtain the relevant documents.

The police had to close the bakery down and stopoperations until they have all the necessary

documentation

The bread atthe bakerylooked dirty.Photo: TKMashaba

Dawn Bakery was shut down by the police on Thursday, 22 January.Photo: TK Mashaba

The bakery was shut down in part because of health concerns due todirty pans. Photo: TK Mashaba

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Jan Mokoka is still learning byhelping in the family business.Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Justin Steyn

A proposed cellphone towerin Jinnah Park in Bela-Bela,is set to cause majorupsets. In an official noticepublished on Friday, 16January the applicant, DLCCommunications said that itintends to erect a 35 meterhigh telecommunicationsmast and base stationaround the residential area.The application is currently

being screened forobjections, which closes onFriday, 14 February, andits particulars can beviewed at the Bela-Belamunicpality’s planning anddevelopment offices.The headmaster of

Jinnah Park Primary,Amanda Jansen vanVuuren, said that she isagainst the application,and said that it will hamperthe health of learners andpossibly cause electricalinterference in the

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Ex-Offenders showcase theirachievements

Lizzy Bapela

The Department of CorrectionalServices in the Bela-Belacluster, under the leadership ofMalefane Pholosi, showcasedtheir parolees’ and probationers’achievements obtained duringtheir incarceration.Pholosi and his members from

various sub-offices paid theachievers a special visit onThursday, 22 January. The visitwas aimed at ensuring that theoffenders implement what theyobtained during detention, theirbehaviour after their release andtheir assimilation into thecommunity. A total of 50offenders were visited and allrelated positive experiences. Theoffenders obtained certificates inAnger Management, SubstanceAbuse, HIV/AIDS and Life Skills,while some of them chose toqualify themselves as pastors,

ABET teachers and builders.During the rehabilitation

process, Pholosi engaged withgovernment departments andinstitutions, asking for volunteeror paying opportunities for theoffenders, as another way ofshowing communities are nowfully rehabilitated and ready toreintegrate into society.The aim is to help them obtain

proper employment andacceptance into society. Pholosisaid that rehabilitating anoffender takes a great deal ofthought and a positive attitudefrom officials, rather than apunishment-centred mind-set.He said that taking the offendersthrough every step ofrehabilitation produces betterresults and the offendersbecome motivated to stay safewith their fellow communitymembers.The members and officials

motivated the offenders andgave them counselling accordingto their needs and experiencesduring their visits, as well ascongratulating them on theirachievements.The offenders expressed their

gratitude for the officials’treatment and assured them oftheir cooperation until the endof their sentences. They are allexpected to submit their CVsand qualifications to theDepartment of CorrectionalServices, which will pass themon to the Department ofLabour’s database for possibleemployment opportunities.The visits were also graced by

two local community memberswho are interested in workingwith the Department. Dorahand Steve Baloyi spent the daywith Pholosi and other officials,showing them the ropes in theirday-to-day routines.

school’s technicalequipment.“I am totally against the

application, as it poses apossible health risk to ourlearners. I am alsoconcerned that this towerwill disrupt our computerand telephone lines,” shesaid.A resident who preferred

to remain anonymous saidthat she plans to petitionagainst any mast beingerected in the area.“You cannot place a

cellphone tower in aresidential area such asours. It would have to beapproved by everyresident and radiationscreenings must beconducted,” she said.The anonymous resident

said that she plans to holda meeting with otherresidents in order toinform them about theproposal and petitionagainst its implementation.

A proposed cellular tower in the residential area ofJinnah Park has caused upsets among residents.Photo: Justin Steyn

Koketso Nkhumane is stillunemployed but hisneighbours and parentsconfirmed he is a changedyoung man. Photo: LizzyBapela

Andrew Mabaso got a job atthe Public Works’ project,Expanded Public WorksProgramme. Photo: LizzyBapela

Sello Lebelo is currently attending aSETA computer course through theCorrectional Services’ skills trainingprogramme, which attendees get R1500 monthly stipends. The course ismeant for offenders only andcurrently has 15 attendees. It beganon April 2014 and ends on April2015. Lebelo is now in the dressmaking and music business. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Madikana Lebelo ventured intothe fast foods business,looking into expanding into atownship restaurant. Photo:Lizzy Bapela

Koos Khonothi will survive life after jail through hisfamily’s support. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Almon Mhlanga is named a 62F offender, meaning he isstill awaiting trial and is now out on bail. He runs a smallbusiness of selling soft drinks and is still looking for astable employment. Photo: Lizzy Bapela


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This week Tuesday, 27 January, wasthe 70th anniversary of the liberationof Auschwitz by Russian soldiers.Survivors of that camp, now all quite

elderly, made the trip to the site of thecamp, where they laid a wreath at thefoot of the so-called death wall, whereprisoners were executed by firingsquads between blocks 10 and 11 ofthe camps.During the six years Auschwitz-

Birkenau stood, an estimated 1,1million people were murdered there.Many of them starved or froze todeath in the icy northern winters.Many more were systematicallyslaughtered.There are photographs of the

personal effects of those murdered inthe gas chambers of Auschwitz. Anentire warehouse full of spectacles.Mountains of shoes. Tangled piles ofartificial limbs taken off thosedestined for the gas chambers. Whenthe Russians liberated the camp theyfound 837 000 women’s garments,apparently taken from the dead.The victims of Auschwitz were

shaved and given uniforms andnumbers to dehumanize them, to turnthem into cattle so that theirmurderers could feel less guilty. Ifyou look at the pictures, especiallyaerial photographs, it looks like anyother factory from that era. Rows androws of buildings, some bigger, somesmaller. In a way, a factory is exactlywhat it was. Quite aside from thecamp known as Auschwitz II –Monowitz, which was in fact a satellitecamp built to staff a nearby factory,the entire complex of Auswitch-Birkenau was a factory dedicated toturning people into corpses.The Birkenau camp had four

crematoria working day and night todispose of the victims of the gaschambers. Residents of the smalltown the Germans called Auschwitz,some kilometers from the main camp,spoke of a ‘hellish glow’ on thehorizon, where the fires burned dayand night for almost six years.When it became clear that the

Germans were losing the war — theRussian Army was marching intoPoland and there was nothing left tostop them — the camp commandantwas ordered to evacuate the campand destroy any traces that genocidehad ever been committed there. Itwas a bit hard to hide that evidence,

NeNeNeNeNevvvvver er er er er AgAgAgAgAgainainainainainbut he tried his best. He ordered thecamp’s records destroyed, therebydestroying any hope of everdiscovering the true fate of more thana million people — we know that theywere there, but there is no way to findout who most of them were — andordered the remaining prisoners on aforced march to Bergen Belsen inGermany. Almost 20 000 of them diedon the road. Some 7 800 people wereleft behind at the camp, too sick orsmall or starved to follow. Those seventhousand were rescued by theRussian Army.It’s seventy years later now and even

if they escaped mortal justice, thosewho committed these atrocities havecertainly gone to face whateverjudgment there comes for all of us,but we can never allow ourselves toforget.It would be so easy to say that it was

long ago and far away, but it’s reallynot.The thing we tend to easily forget is

that the people who ran places likeAuschwitz were not actually demons.Oh, there were certainly some with abit of brimstone in their bones — likethe infamous Doctor Mengele, whowas very interested in twins — but onthe whole, the majority of even theNazis were people like you and me.Some of them liked to read, some of

them liked music. Some of them likedsports, or the theatre. The point isthat, on the whole, they were ordinarypeople.Ordinary people who stood by and

let a million people be murdered ontheir watch. Who participated in theattempted genocide of an entire race.Ordinary people allowed this atrocity

to occur, ordinary people helped ithappen.A man named Burke once said that

‘all that is necessary for evil totriumph is for good men to donothing,’ and that is what happenedduring the Holocaust. The world didnothing, stood idly by, and six millionpeople were murdered. If they hadstood up earlier, if they had believedthe reports coming out of Germanyand Poland sooner, millions mighthave been saved.That is why it is important to say to

ourselves Never Again.Never again will we allow the human

race to be so lost to evil as to let thehorrors of Auschwitz happen again.

The living conditions in Auswitch were atrocious. Photo supplied

When the Russian Army liberatedthe camp, they discovered an entirewarehouse full of spectacles takenfrom the victims. Photo supplied

The motto above the maingate of Auswitch is ‘ArbeitMacht Frei’ whichtranslates to ‘Work willmake you free’. Sadly, theonly freedom on offer inthe camp was the freedomto die. Photo supplied


Bela-Bela Local Municipality invitesapplications from suitably qualified

candidates to fill vacant positions withinits establishment.

Budget & Treasury DepartmentChief Accountant: Assets Management

Duration: PermanentRemuneration: R 248 058.89 per annum

Requirements: Three years Bachelors Degree or NationalDiploma with major in Accounting. 3-5 years’ experience inFinancial Management.A valid Drivers License.Duties: Manage and coordinate maintenance of assetsregister in accordance with policy. Manage the maintenanceof Council assets.Arrange for stock counts; production an annual stock takecertificate for Council approval. Writing off losses afterconsultation with relevant departments. Identifying newassets, and analyzing expenditure incurred and arrange forphysical bar coding of assets.Auditing all asset movements monthly; performing stockcounts every three months; producing an annual stock takecertificate for Council approval. Monthly reporting of assetsmanagement divisional activities. Ensure coordination ofactivities associated with assets budget details, vehiclemanagement and insurance. Supervision of divisional staff.Notice Number: 4/15

Finance Management Interns (5 Positions)Duration: 2-year contract

Remuneration: R 100 000 per annum

Requirements: Three years’ Bachelors Degree or NationalDiploma with majors in Economics, Accounting or Finance.Computer Literacy with knowledge of Excel.Duties: Interns will be given the opportunity to get practicalexposure in; Revenue Management. ExpenditureManagement. Supply Chain Management. AssetsManagement. Budget and Reporting. Internal Audit. GeneralFinancial Management Functions. Notice Number: 5/15

Accounts Preparation ClerkDuration: Permanent

Remuneration: R130 357.99 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12 with Commercial Subjects.1-2 years relevant experience.

Duties: Assist in data processing associated with billing ofconsumers and other public services. RecordsManagements and provision of accounting and clericalsupport. Composing of a variety of correspondence, reportsand other material. Attending to specific administrativeprocesses associated with accounts preparation. Assist inpreparation of periodic financial, statistical or operationreports as assigned.Notice Number: 9/15

Social & Community Services DepartmentTraffic Officers Gr.3 (2 Positions)

Duration: PermanentRemuneration: R115 937.76 per annum

Requirements: Grade 12. Traffic Officers Diploma. ValidCode B Drivers License. No criminal records.Duties: Traffic patrol function. Visible policing. Specialoperations and traffic escorts. Point duties. Speed lawenforcement. Attend vehicle accidents scenes. Enforcelegislation such as National Road Traffic Act and Municipalby-laws. Notice Number: 6/15

Corporate Services DepartmentCleaners (2 Positions)

Duration: PermanentRemuneration: R76 266.90 per annum

Requirements: Basic level of literacy or ABET. 2 yearsexperience in cleaning buildings, office furniture andequipment relocation.Duties: Cleaning of municipal offices and other facilities.Cleaning ablution facilities, mopping floors and wipingceramic surfaces, replacing toilet rolls, towels etc. Checkingand reporting defective items to the immediate superiorfor attention. Vacuuming carpeted floor areas, dusting andtidying desktops and shelves. Making tea for the employeesand guests as requested. Notice Number: 8/15Bela-Bela Municipality has a firm commitment to theadvancement of designated groups, including women anddisabled. Application Form (available onwww.belabela.gov.za and municipal offices),Comprehensive CV’s and certified copies of qualificationshould be forwarded to the Acting Municipal Manager,Private Bag x 1609,Bela-Bela,0480.For further informationplease contact Divisional manager Human Resources at 014736 8000.Should candidates not be notified of the outcomeof their applications within six weeks of the closing date,please consider your application unsuccessful. E mailed andfaxed applications will not be accepted. Further note thatall shortlisted applicants will be subjected to security vettingand information verification.

CLOSING DATE: 13 February 2015

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Lizzy Bapela

A hundred youths from Bela-Bela havelanded themselves an opportunity insports administration and coachingfollowing a training workshop by theNPO Hola Bon Renaissance (HBR). Theworkshop started in Bela-Bela a yearago, taking place at a local communityhall, and all the attending youthsresponded well to it.The program is powered by the

National Youth Development Agency(NYDA) and the Department of PublicWorks and its Expanded Public WorksProgram (EPWP). NYDA funds the HBRin order to allow them to implementsuccessful volunteer programs involvingyoung people and using the youth buildmethod. The agency seeks to create aplatform for the youth to participate in

100 Bela-Bela youths trained for sportsadministrationYoung people ofBela-Bela posedfor a photo with

the HBRfacilitators aftercompleting theirsports coaching

andadministration

workshop.Photo: Lizzy

Bapela

the mainstream economy of the countryby initiating, facilitating, implementing,monitoring and coordinating youthdevelopment interventions aimed atreducing youth unemployment andsocial cohesion.One of the attending youths, soccer

coach Shandrall Alberts, said that theprogram has been wonderful andbeneficial to him, and covered all thereis to know about coaching andadministration in sports. Alberts alsosaid that programs like these show theyouth that sports is not solely about theathlete, but also includes positionsbehind the scenes, which can becareers.Volleyball fan Wilson Matlaisane also

commended the organization for theefforts they made in helping youngpeople acquire more skills in the

sporting codes of their choice. He saidthat it gives them pleasure to see suchorganizations empowering the youth asthey do not always receive all thesupport they need from localgovernment.Supporting the program is the Bela-

Bela Municipality’s Special ProgramsOfficer David Raborolo, who said thatthe youths needed it and will help themto implement certain programs that theyhave always wanted to.Facilitators Tshepo Maropeng and Sam

Khambule told The BEAT that they had agreat time working with the youths andare looking forward to seeing themimplementing the skills acquired by theprogram. The two sealed the deal byorganizing a get-together with the youthswhich is scheduled for 7 February atBela-Bela Lodge.

Johan Adams and Connie Gulakwo, the principal anddeputy principal of Spa Park Primary School posed withJoseph Ditsele and Maria Makwela from Die Pos/The Postduring a recent donation of stationery to the school. “Weare blessed here in Bela-Bela to have guardian angels likeThe BEAT and Die Pos. Indeed, their concern for theplight of the less fortunate is not only a reports or gossipbut a visible intervention,” he said. TK Mashaba

Khabele Primary School Principal Mpho Motshegoa withJoseph Ditsele and Maria Makwela from Die Pos/TheBEAT during a recent donation of stationery. “As theprincipal of the school I appreciate this wonderfuldonation to our school,” she said. TK Mashaba

Mmamakwa Full Service Primary School principalAlpheus Lelaka posed with Joseph Ditsele and MariaMakwela from Die Pos/The BEAT during a recentdonation of stationery to the school. “I would like tothank The Post and The BEAT for the donation theymade to the needy learners at the school. On behalf ofthe school I wish them luck in 2015 and to prosper inwhat they do,” he said. TK Mashaba

Mpho Lekgoathi, the deputy principal of Hleketani PrimarySchool, posed with Joseph Ditsele and Maria Makwelafrom Die Pos/The BEAT during a recent donation ofstationery to the school. “I would like to thank The Postand The BEAT for their donation of stationery for ourGrade R to 3 learners,” he said. TK Mashaba

The principal of Albert LuthuliPrimary School, Lesego Molefe,posed with Joseph Ditsele and MariaMakwela from The Pos/The BEATduring a recent donation ofstationery to the school. “As theschool we are grateful for thedonation of stationery we receivedfrom our local print media,” he said.“It is true that our print media caresfor the development of oureducation centres.” TK Mashaba


The BEAT wants to hear from our readers. If you have a great story or something that you want us tobring to light, please email [email protected] or send an SMS to one of our reporters.

Lizzy: 072 264 7740 or TK: 076 756 9740.We would also LOVE to see some of your weird and wonderful photos for our editorial page.

TK Mashaba

NTK Happy Boys in Modimolle ismourning the loss of one of their playersafter a short illness.Lesiba John (24), who was playing as

a defender for the team, passed awayon Wednesday, 21 January, after beingadmitted to Modimolle Hospital onMonday. According to team ownerSimon Makhubela, Lesiba was a soccer-loving person and his sudden death hasleft the team distressed.“We’ve lost a great person and good

player who has just signed with ourteam,” he said. “It is very depressing tolose someone this young. He used tohelp other junior players to develop theirskills as soccer players.”“I talked to his brother last week on

Monday. He told me that John was notfeeling well. I never thought it was thisserious until he told me he had beenadmitted to hospital. It was a shock tofind out on Wednesday that he has leftus,” Makhubela said.He said that his number 12 jersey will

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Lesiba John (24) recently passedaway after a short illness. John wasa player for Modimolle-based teamNTK Happy Boys. Photo supplied

“We have lost agreat person and a

good player who hasjust signed with our

team”

be a memorial for his team.Lesiba will be buried this weekend and

their fixture games against Boys to Menhas been moved to a date which has yetto be confirmed.

Qualitho smashes Happy Hearts 6-1

“R“R“R“R“Rugbugbugbugbugby is in my is in my is in my is in my is in my by by by by blood,lood,lood,lood,lood,””””” sa sa sa sa says Blue Bulls’ys Blue Bulls’ys Blue Bulls’ys Blue Bulls’ys Blue Bulls’ ne ne ne ne newwwwwest plaest plaest plaest plaest playyyyyererererer

“There is no such thing as a sport for a certainrace. If you are good at what you do you won’t

see any racial differences — sport is sport!

TK Mashaba

Stream A has revealed new tactics fortheir team, beating Happy Hearts in athrilling 6-1 match and moving toposition 5 on the log.Happy Hearts, on the other hand, is

continuing their trend of being on thebottom of the log as showed in the2013/2014 season.Modimolle All Stars lost their second

consecutive game, being beaten 2-1by NTK Happy Boys, who are sittingin second place on the log.All Stars was beaten by M. Mmamoet

Arsenal 4-2 last week.Bela-Bela Pirates also taught

Bazooka a lesson when they beatthem 4-1 while Young Pirates lost 4-2

Modimolle AllStars have

started a losingstreak in the last

two matches.Photo: TKMashaba

to Celtic. Home Defenders beatDiesel n dust 2-1 while M. MmamoetArsenal beat Boys to Men 1-0.Total Surrender played to a 4-all draw

with Troublemakers.It appears that Surrender has found a

winning formula after their impressiveperformances in the past few weeks.In Stream B, SASE did not show up

to play against Mookgophong All-Starswhile Maxoma failed to play Vegas.Ditlou played a 1-all draw with

Mokopane Stone Breakers while RealMadrid lost 4-3 to Juventas.Simple Yellows lost 2-0 to Ratanang

while Siwelele beat PJ Stars 4-2.Mosesetjane All Stars lost 3-2 to

Thaba while Yster United beat BlackRangers 5-2.

TK Mashaba

Bela-Bela’s Thabo Mapharumela(17) told The BEAT that rugby is inhis blood during a recent interview.Mapharumela says that, like many

other children who grew up lovingsports, he found the one he wantedand never looked for another.Mapharumela was selected in 2005

to join the Phagameng Rugby team,and in 2014 was recruited for theLimpopo Blue Bulls.“That made me realize that I have

real potential as a rugby player,” hesaid.

ThaboMapharumela

proudly showedoff some of thetrophies he has

won in his rugbycareer. Photo

supplied

Mapharumela said that he wants tobreak the stereotype that rugby is awhite man’s sport.“There is no such thing as a sport

for a certain race. If you are good atwhat you do you won’t see any racialdifferences — sport is sport!” thepassionate seventeen-year-old said.He said that he would love to

encourage those who want to playsports to go for what they want withpassion and dedication.“I’m going to play for the Limpopo

Blue Bulls only during tournamentsand weekends as I have to balancemy studies with my sports,” he said.

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