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} Boipelo Mere

TWO gruesome murders, related todomestic violence, occurring two weekendsin a row in Kimberley, shocked theprovince.In both incidents women were stabbed

and killed by their male partners.The latest incident occurred on Sunday

morning (08/03) when Lerato Olifant (27)was stabbed and killed with a spear by aman reported to be her ex-boyfriend inSeochoareng Street, Galeshewe.According to Maj. Dimakatso Mooi of the

police, the police in Galeshewe are investi-gating a case of murder after they foundOlifant dead with multiple stab wounds onSunday(08/03) at about 07:00.“It is alleged that the boyfriend found

the deceased relaxing with friends at ahouse nearby and forcefully dragged herinto his car and drove off. A few metresfurther, the deceased jumped out of the carand ran into the nearest house at Seoch-wareng.“The suspect stopped the vehicle and

pulled out a spear from the boot of his car.He followed the deceased into the housewhere he stabbed her several times,” saidMooi.She further revealed that the suspect had

fled the scene in his car after the stabbing.She added that the suspect, who handed

himself over to the police later the sameafternoon, was expected to appear in courton Wednesday (11/03).Anyone with more information regarding

the incident is requested to contact Det.Sgt. Attie Browers of Galeshewe on053-807-6000 or 082-469-0138.In another murder case in Platfontein in

Kimberley, Estella Kabinda (41) wasstabbed several times in the chest and faceby her 43-year-old boyfriend on Saturday,28 February, following an argument.According to the Kimberley police, the

suspect also stabbed Kabinda’s mother inthe chest and arms when she intervened.The mother was hospitalised for three daysafter the incident.Sergio Kock of the provincial SAPS

further said that the suspect, who hadtried to flee the scene, had been stoned bythe community and found dead when thepolice arrived.No one, including the police, could

confirm the rumours that Kabinda’sboyfriend had cut open her body andexposed her intestines, and that thecommunity had done the same to himwhen they found him. Police are stillinvestigating the incident.The community is still very traumatized

and did not want to speak about theincident. “It is a very difficult time for us.It is the first time that such a terriblething has happened in our community,said one woman.She also stated that no one in the

community was prepared to talk about thatincident.

) Platfontein is an area where the Xhu!and the Khwe tribes have been settled.During a debate on the State of theProvince Address on 25 February, thepremier of the Northern Cape, SylviaLucas, congratulated the government forefforts made to integrate the Xhu! and theKhwe through its Social Cohesion Sum-

mits.Referring to the number of murders and

fighting that have been reported to havetaken place in these communities, she saidit was crucial for these communities to besocially prepared and get along with eachother so as to prevent genocide fromoccurring.

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THE Education With Enterprise Trust’s(EWET) Entrepreneurship Education (EE)programme has made the dreams oflearners of the Xhukhwesa CombinedSchool come true.

That came after the learners, who hadentered the competition while they werein gr. 11, recently emerged as theprovincial winners, scooping a prize ofR50 000.

They plan on building their own schoolcraft shop where they can sell hand-madeSan crafts and products to keep theirculture alive.

The school was invited to enter for theEWET Entrepreneurship EducationSimama Ranta, which means empoweringthe South African economy throughentrepreneurship education.

The aim of the competition is to identify,honour and showcase those South Africansecondary school learners of gr. 8 to gr. 11,who perform well in entrepreneurshipeducation.

The Xunkhwesa learners, who are nowin gr. 12, entered the competition on thestrength of their market day products.

Here they sold and exhibited theirhand-made materials like weaved baskets,placemat arts and crafts, bows and arrowsand animal crafts.

Two members of the group, JasonMarenda and Nashada Ndango, wereflown to attend the national presentationsin Johannesburg, where a school fromMpumalanga was crowned as the nationalwinner.

According to a representative ofEWET, Solomon Kabanda, a group of 54

learners from around the countryattended the national leg of the competi-tion.

The programme is expected to enhanceentrepreneurship education among learners.

Applauding the learners of Xhukhwesafor taking the initiative to enter thecompetition by themselves and boastingabout Marenda giving one of the bestpresentations, he invited more schools toenter the competition.

“Due to the rising unemployment rate inthe country, entrepreneurship is the way togo.

“It can shape you, as we need jobcreators. The reason why the representinglearners were treated like executivebusiness people is to boost their confi-dence at this young age,” explained Kaban-da.

He said that the prize money, sponsoredby Eskom, was to be used for the school’senterprises.

“The learners should be allowed to be ascreative as they want to be and get asmuch exposure as possible. Not a singlecent should be used without the learners’approval,” he said.

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IN celebrating 20 years of democracy, WhySala Arts Against Crime gathered localartists from ward 17 and ward 31 tocelebrate their talent.Why Sala Arts Against Crime was in

charge of the extravaganza of muralpaintings and graffiti that was held at theClub 2000 hall last weekend.According to Itumeleng Thebe, who is the

organiser of the group, they are workingthrough a sponsorship from the NationalDepartment of Sport, Arts and Culture oncleaning abandoned buildings and crimehot spots to make them community-friendly.“We do that through artworks where we

tell the story of democracy. We paint theabandoned walls.”He further stated that this was their first

big event and that they also invitedperforming artists and DJs.The group, that was started three years

ago, aims to positively change the attitudeof the youth.“We achieve that by getting them in-

volved in our community outreachprogrammes through which we also visitold houses and clean and paint them.“If then artists can succeed in getting

their their artwork appreciated, they willbe motivated to make a living through theirwork and recruit more members.”Ward 31 councillor Moses Nhlapo

emphasised that Club 2000 was the placeto be.“Through activities like these, our youth

is showing those gangsters from otherwards that they are not interested injoining their illegal activities.“They take advantage of our ward

because they are unknown in the communi-ty,” he said.Nhlapo said that through activities like

these, they can win the battle against

gangsterism within their ward, especially ifmen can take a stand.He also mentioned the importance of

involving tavern owners from the surroun-ding areas to participate in these pro-grammes through sponsorships.Omphemetse Letsapa, a representative of

the National Department of Sport, Arts andCulture, said their support was part of theirMzansi Golden Economic Programme.Letsapa said the group had applied for

a Public Arts Project status , wherebythey use a public space to display theirart work.“As a project manager for public arts, I

am here to see to it that it is happeningand that artists are being empowered,” hesaid.

Artists showcase their talents

AN extravaganza of mural painting and graffiti was held last week in ward 31. Pictured are Luingi Maranda (right) with MosekiemangKola, both from Ivum, performing their artwork on the wall of the Club 2000 hall. Photos: Boipelo Mere

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THE people of the Pixley ka Seme Districtare concerned about the slow pace of growthwithin their community.The community members who attended the

Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises(SMME) summit in De Aar last weekTuesday (03/03) are reported to have givenJohn Lolwana, the district executive mayor,a big ovation when he slammed the systemfor allowing big contractors to suffocatesmall contractors such as SMMEs.

Solar contractors, who were expected togive the economy of Pixley ka Seme a boost,were described by Lolwana as having giventhe community a hard time by not empower-ing local SMMEs.“Those people got away with murder. The

big contractors don’t subcontract our peoplerunning SMMEs,” Lolwana was quoted assaying, in a statement by Lucky Chonga,spokesperson of the Northern Cape Depart-ment of Finance, Economic Development andTourism.In the statement complaints were raised

that local municipalities laws were too tightto accommodate local SMMEs, while theyallowed foreigners to make money. This,Lolwana pointed out, was what led to banksnot knowing “our SMMEs” except when theycould prove that they had money. Accordingto the mayor, these were some of the thingsthat were holding back the community,“because there is no way that governmentcan deal with all our problems”.“These are our brothers who helped us out

during apartheid, but how many of ourpeople today have shops?” Lolwana was

further quoted as saying.It was also pointed out at the summit that

the solar panels in use in the district had notbeen manufactured in the district, butelsewhere so that that people from outsidethe province benefitted economically fromthem.The summit also heard that water provi-

sion and availability issues had to beaddressed to improve the economic activityin most towns situated within the Pixley kaSeme District Municipal Area. This accord-ing to the department.

Economic growth in Pixley ka Seme alarming

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PUTSONDERWATER, Sydney-on-Vaalen Draghoender het lankal nie meerinwoners nie, maar dié dorpe is onderdie 235 Noord-Kaapse dorpe wat in ’nnuwe boek in woord en beeld beskryfword.Die boek, Noord-Kaapse Dorpe, is

uitgereik deur dr. Jan van der Merwevan Bloemfontein, wat vroeër ’n soortge-lyke boek oor die Vrystaat gepubliseerhet.’n Paar ander spookdorpe in die

provinsie is Bowesdorp, Burgerville,Koegas, Volop en Wallekraal.Die boek van 760 bladsye bevat die

verhaal van elke dorp, van Kimberleytot die kleinste en mees afgeleë gehug-gie, saam met ’n verskeidenheid foto’s.Staaltjies oor die dorpe word ook

vertel.Van der Merwe sê die idee vir die

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geskiedenis word in die boek vertel.Hiervan het 104 munisipale statusverwerf. Nog twee, Zwartkops enLanyon, het munisipale status gekry,maar het nooit tot volwaardige dorpeontwikkel nie.’n Klompie spookdorpe word ook

bespreek.Hy en Philipe Burger, wat heelwat van

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meen Van der Merwe hy het genoeggeskiedkundige feite en stories oor omnog twee boeke oor die Noord-Kaap uitte gee.

“Daar is tientalle pragtige stories in dieboek. Só is daar die verhaal van AdriaanNiewoudt van Garies met sy vrotmelk-be-sigheid. Daar is die verhaal van die Duitsespioen (Robey Leibrandt) wat Suid-Afrikain die Tweede Wêreldoorlog by Koringbaaiingeval het.“Daar is stories oor delwers, ontdek-

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Van der Merwe beskryf die Noord-Kaap as “so wyd soos die Here segenade, maar dit is ’n ongenaakbarestuk aarde, met min genade”.Mense wat die boek wil koop, kan Van

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AS human beings, our greatness lies not somuch in being able to remake the world Zthat is the myth of the atomic age Z as inbeing able to remake ourselves. X MahatmaGandhi.

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Forty community members and 20 SouthAfrican Police (SAPS) members in Kuru-man were very proud to receive theircertificates of participation on Thursday(26/02).

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“It was an eye opener for me. I lostmyself somewhere along the road and nowI’m back on track. Through this programmeI got my confidence back. I opened myselffor this course. I really wanted to learnmore about myself,” she said.

“During the course I realised where myshortcomings were and I realised that thereis still plenty of room for growth.”

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} Boipelo Mere

ALMOST half of theresidents of Bloeman-da are living in fear ofeviction.

The residents, whohave been living onthe stands for 20 yearsor more, say the own-ers of the stands whohold the title deeds aremaking their lives aliving hell. The own-ers are reported to ei-ther involve a thirdparty by reselling thehouses or handing itover to other benefici-aries.

In most cases theowners of the housesare not the owners ofthe stands that wereissued in 1989, with atoilet and a tap.

According to someof the residents, thestand owners have al-lowed different peopleto stay in their shacksand are living else-where after reachingverbal agreements.

Occupants weregranted houses,which have resultedin a nightmare as thetwo parties are now atloggerheads.

The current occu-pants, who say theyare now untouchable,say that they eitherbought the housesfrom the owners of thestands or have neverreally met the owners.

Occupants wereplaced on some of thestands after emptystands were identifiedin Bloemanda. Theywereallowed tostay toreduce vandalism.

According to the oc-cupants, they areready to take mattersinto their own hands,as they refuse to beevicted.

They claim thattheir vulnerability isbeing turned into elec-tioncampaignsbypol-iticianswho comeandgo while the standowners turned thehouses into money-making schemes.

According to Benja-min Mahumapelo, theANCbranch chairper-son in Bloemanda,they have raised thismatter with the SolPlaatje Municipalityand various MECs ofhousing who cameand went, but nothingwas done.

The municipalitypromised the occu-pants entitlement doc-uments during PatricLenyibi’s term, but itnever materialised.

The story of KlaasRiet (53) is one ofmany.

In his street alone,eight other people livein fear of eviction bytitle deed owners.

They complain thatthe municipality,which knows abouttheir problem, contin-ues to block their elec-tricity due to these ir-regularities.

The angry residentscamped in Riet’s yarduntil midnight lastweek Tuesday (03/03),waiting for the Sher-riff of the Court whothreatened to evict Ri-et from the house that

he claims to haveboughtand lived in forthe past 23 years.

Riet said that heeven feared going towork as the Sherriff oftheCourt continued toharass him to moveout of the house.

He moved onto thestand after an agree-ment with the owner,Emily Langa, whopassed away in 2010.

According to Riet,he had an agreementwith Langa to payR10 000. Langa’s twochildren, NomvulaKok and Isaac Langa,were reportedly in-volved in the transac-tion.

Isaac attested to thestatement and addedthat they had nevertaken the legal routeof going to the convey-ancing attorneys tochange ownership ofthe house as expected.

“Yes, we receivedthe house money fromRiet and used it forday to day expenses.My mother, my sisterand I shared it,” saidIsaac. “Now Nomvulawants to remove Rietfrom the house andmake her daughterstay in it.

“I was so ashamedthat she tried to trickme into giving hersole authority of thehouse so that shecould give it to herdaughter,” said Isaac.

However, Kok sanga different tune whenvisited by ExpressNorthern Cape.

She said that sheand Isaac both had anagreed to hand thehouse over tohermar-ried daughter duringa meeting after hermother’s funeral.

Thedecisionwas re-portedly taken afterthe realisation thatthey both had theirownhouses andhad tohave a new benefici-ary who was responsi-ble.

They even changedthe municipal ac-count to be in herdaughter’s name. Ac-cording to Kok, hermother had made averbal agreementwith Riet to tempora-rily stay in the house,as she was too ill tolive alone.

“I do not know any-thing about a R10 000.I have never evenheard my mother saythat she went to or isgoing to collect anymoney for rental fromRiet,” Kok said.

“The sad part is thatRiet makes me out tobe a bad person andthe whole Bloemandasees me as the devil.

“He did not evenpay for services. Thatis why we are takingthe house – becausemy daughter receivesendless notices fromthe municipality.”

The Kapa BokoneCommunity Develop-ment Foundationstands with the com-munity and regardsthe evictions as inhu-man practice.

The organisationdeals with various so-cial ills across the

province and tries tointervene by involv-ing the relevant stake-holders.

Maku Maris,founder and chairper-son, emphasises thatthe Bloemanda titledeeds should be inves-tigated, because mostof the title deed own-ers have other proper-ties that they stay on.

She says their titledeeds should be takenaway or be reversed,because they lied togovernment aboutneeding a place tostay.

“These people liedto government andgotthe stands under afalse pretence whilethey saught comfortelsewhere,” says Mar-is.

“While staying onother properties thatthey own they makearrangements withoccupants to look aft-er their places. Afterthe RDP houses arebuilt they decide toclaim the houses. Wemust put a stop tothis.”

Maris says thatthese evictions espe-cially target RDPhouses where the peo-ple’s lives are ham-pered due to familiesbeing left destitute.

“Serious interven-tion is needed fromgovernment, as wedeal with an angrysociety where educa-tion is also hampered.Sometimes we end upwith the children be-ing emotionally affect-ed, resulting in poorperformance atschools.”

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ISAAC LANGA (right), the son of the deceased owner of the house,assures Klaas Riet, that he deserves the house. Photo: Boipelo Mere

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THE struggling SuperSport United have hadthe better of Phunya Sele Sele in recentseasons, but Wednesday’s (11/03) clash at theFree State Stadium could prove to be trickyfor Gordon Igesund’s troops.Matsatsantsa have lost two back-to-back

matches going into Wednesday’s fixture andthey have a mountain to climb when theycome up against a resurgent BloemfonteinCeltic side who are unbeaten so far this year.Siwelele appear to have been revitalised

under Clinton Larsen, who returned to theMangaung outfit late last year following thesacking of Ernst Middendorp.Under the guidance of Larsen, Celtic have

played six matches. They have won four,drawn one and lost one of those games –scoring nine times in the process whileconceding only two goals.“We are expecting a tough game against

United after they lost their previous twomatches. They will be coming to us likewounded lions. But we are going to makethings difficult for them,” John Maduka,Celtic manager, told Express.“We want to try and win all our home

matches so that we can climb higher andhigher on the log. I believe we can finish theseason on fourth position if we keep winninghome and away,” he said.Celtic are sitting at fourth position on

Quarter Three (Q3) after collecting 13 pointsin six matches. They trail leaders MamelodiSundowns by three points. Celtic have agame in hand though, but that does notguarantee points.However, Maduka said he believed his side

stood a good chance of winning the Q3.“We have a good team to compete with.

But we just need to concentrate on our gameand take our matches one at a time. If wewin our next two encounters against Unitedand Polokwane City, we can win it,” he said.All eyes will be on Celtic striker Lerato

Lamola, who has scored nine goals so farthis season. He is the Premier Soccer

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