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5 February 2016

Oh no!

Yes, this is Burgersfort. This car is in the PEDESTRIAN walkway, This week Monday afternoon. How?

Right: This character took a long illegal ride recently. Read his story inside.

Your Nkandla views on

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On 28 January 2016 the Sekhukhune Magistrate’s Court sentenced Senyane Paile from Tukakgomo (32) to 3 months imprisonment or a R500 fi ne. He was found guilty of housebreaking. He broke open the door of a house and entered, but did not steal anything from it. The reason for the housebreaking is unknown. The matter was reported to the SAPS and the dog unit traced him. (Information: Const. Victoria Maluleka, Burgersfort SAPS).

Man sentenced for breaking into

house Have you picked up some educational qualifi cation

certifi cates? Mr Tshifhiwa Phosa is in need of your assistance to recover his education certifi cates. “I parked the car on the roadside not far from the Modikwa turn-off. I was busy with the certifi cates and eventually placed the envelope containing it on the roof of my car while organis-ing something else. I forgot I placed it there and drove off with the envelope still on the roof. It eventually fell of and I am now urgently looking for it”. If you’ve picked it up or know of someone who did, please con-tact Phosa on 072 023 1877.

HELP!

The Burgersfort SAPS is still busy with Operation Hlasela and it is paying off. They arrested a 39-year old man at Extension 10 for dealing in drugs. In his possession they found 20 small plastic bags nyope. Two other men aged 25 and 28-years were also arrested for possession of dagga. They are also from Extension 10. (Information & Photographs: Const. Victoria Maluleka, Burg-ersfort SAPS)

Suspected drug dealers arrested

Operation Hlasela successes

Three arrested in connection with

Steelpoort armed robberyBurgersfort police offi cers this week man-aged the arrest of three suspects, in connec-tion with an armed robbery that took place at the Sasol Garage in Steelpoort recently. They were arrested in Daveyton, Mamelodi and at a road block. In the process of investigation they also managed to recover a Toyota Tazz that has been hijacked in Lydenburg. Apart from the cartoon character on the window (featured on the front page of the newspaper) Inside the vehicle a fi rearm was found. At the premises where one of the suspects were arrested stolen security radio’s linked to a case in Cullinan in Gauteng were recov-ered as well as illegal fi rearms. The three will be appearing in court this week with a bail application on the cards next week. The state intends to oppose any possi-ble bail application the three may bring.

Photograph below: The suspects’ identities are protected until they’ve been asked to plead on the charges against them. (Information & photographs: Const. Victoria Maluleka, Burgersfort SAPS).

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A reader of Platinum Gazette happened upon this accident Between Jane Furse and Monsterlus last week Friday. A beer truck colided with a car. The community apparently helped themselves to the beer, but left the injured ...

Not nice Burgersfort Police Station’s annual schools’ compe-tition for poetry, speech, drama and choral verse will take place in April this year. All schools in the Burg-ersfort Po;ice Station’s responsibility area are eligible to enter. Ikhwezi Primary School won the fl oating trophy for 2015. Schools that want to enter this years’s competition should contact constable Victoria Maluleka at Burgersfort Police Station. The Theme of this year’s competition is ‘The Impact of Crime on Youth in Future’.

Time to enter


Living (and driving)

nightmareIt is not getting better. Every month-end and in between, the traffi c situation in Burgersfort and to a certain extent, Steelpoort, just become more horrendous. In Steelpoort nobody is giving the slightest consideration to road markings or stop signs, while in Burgersfort, every-body just do as they wish. Road rules at a large number of intersections are just ignored, which is not helped by the fact that there are almost no road markings and traffi c signs had been stolen, driven over or had been vandalised. In The mean time it is relayed to the newspaper that apart from doing generally nothing to order the chaos, some administrators of justice even have the audacity to demand and ‘apology’ if you drive over an intersection with a non-existent stop sign or road markings. Eish!


Giving hopeLet Grace Lead has partnered with the Mmotong Selema Education Foundation to reach out and touch learners. These two non profi t organisations focus on the holistic empowerment of learners through their school outreach campaigns.

This campaign has already involved over 6000 learners in the Burgersfort area in less than two weeks. The Mmo-tong Selema Education Foundation focuses specifi cally on empowering learners following formal or informal educa-tion routes. Thabo Mmotong (28), who is the co-founder of the education foundation, is passionate about educa-tion and ploughing back to communities. He gives career guidance and motivational talks. He started this campaign as a way of giving back to learners from disadvantaged communities. Thabo grew up below the poverty line but he managed to graduate from the university of Limpopo. His message of hope seeks to uplift people to rise each time they fall and to kick their way through life’s barriers.

MSEF encourages learners to do thorough research about the career paths they want to follow and to apply in time for learning spaces as well as for bursaries or other forms of funding. MSEF also mentors a few learners at secondary and tertiary school levels.Thabo says that pov-erty is not an excuse for failure. One can become anything they want be in life as long as they remain focused on their goals.

Sipho Hlakudi (26) the founder of Let Grace Lead Campaign says a soul is a soul and it is important to God whether young or old, LGL plans to get a million souls saved this year alone through it’s outreach campaigns at schools, clinics, hospitals, social media, door to door and everywhere where people can hear the message. Sipho believes in Mark 16:15 that says ...” Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”


The Nkandla debacle this week took another turn as the Presidency issued a statement with regards to President Jacob Zuma repaying money for upgrades of non-security features at his KwaZulu-Natal homestead, Nkandla. Pressure has been mounting for months around the Public Protector’s report and the President’s reaction to it. Opposition parties has launched a #paybackthemoney campaign and is even taking the issue to court.

The statement released this week said: “While President Zuma remains critical of a number of factual aspects and legal con-clusions in the report, he proposes a simple course to implement what the public protector recommended as remedial action contained in the report.”

Next week the EFF and DA will be head-ing to court to try and have the steps Zuma is taking with regards to the implementation of the Public Protector’s report declared uncon-stitutional. The Public Protector recommend-ed that the National Treasury and SAPS determine the amount that the president should repay. He is however seeking to have the Auditor-General and Minister of Finance determine the amount.

The statement also said: “The report specifi cally found no wrongdoing of any kind by the president. It also found no benefi t for which the president could to any degree be required to compensate the state in relation to nearly all aspects of the project.

“But in relation to fi ve features of the pri-vate homestead the report directed a further process to be carried out by National Treas-ury in conjunction with the SAPS. This is to determine fi rstly a reasonable proportion of the item in question for which the President should recompense the State, and secondly the reasonable cost in that regard”.

Some items referred to in the statement apparently include features such as the swimming pool (fi re pool?), cattle kraal, am-phitheater and chicken run.

The statement pointed out that the amount payable by the President has never been determined: “The actual amount that the President is required to pay was not de-termined by the Public Protector who limited herself to setting out this process for the amount to be determined.” It also stated that not the EFF, DA or Public Protector respond-ed to his proposal in his answering affi davit in November last year.

Platinum Gazette asked readers what they think about this turn in the #payback-themoney saga.

Ms Gertrude Mohlala said: “He is now trying to pay because of the elections this year. The ANC wants the votes and our president is looking like a tsotsi. We need our money so it is good if he pays”.

Mr Jan Mapote and Ms Lindiwe Kgwete said: “He is now trying to repay because of the state of our economy. He wants to come clean. We think he is frustrated about this and is also com-ing close to the election. Many people left the ANC because of this. The President just wants to be clean from this thing”.

Mr W. Nice said: “It’s politics. It is now time for voting and it will be good for the ANC to say he paid back the money so they can brainwash voters. This way they will win, but Zuma will not be trusted again because of this”.

Ms Pinky Nkuna said: “I think Zuma will not be able to pay back the money before the elections. They (the ANC) are afraid of the election and are now just going to promise. I think he must pay back the money. It is the people’s money”.

Mr Magnet Mmadi said: “I think he is afraid that the ANC will lose the election if he does not pay. It will repair the damage he’s done to the nation”.

Mnr. Phillip Roetz en Mev. Louise Roetz sê: “Hy is bang dat as hy nie meer President is nie sal die Openbare Beskermer hom vervolg. Dis ‘n ploy van die ANC om seker te maak hy kan later op ‘n eerbare manier as president uittree. Ons sal maar moet sien hoeveel hy uiteindelik regtig gaan betaal”.

Ms Linky Malepe said: “He must pay back the money. It is the nation’s money. It is now because they want people to vote for them that he is saying he will pay. I will not trust him anymore”.

Ms Rosy Phala said: “This pay back is now because of the elections. The whole leader-ship is so corrupt. The ANC thinks it will lose votes because of Nkandla. Even if Zuma pays back the money I will not trust him anymore”.

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Mr David Malatji said: “The ANC is scared that they will lose the election because of Nkandla. It is right that he pays back some of the money. I’ll trust him again if he pays”. Mr Ishmael Motswiane said: “He is now

making an effort to pay as it is election time. He knew all along he had to pay but he did not do it earlier because he did not want to make it look like the EFF pressured him into doing it”.

Mr John Gairongwe said: “This is damage control. The ANC is worried about the bad publicity moving into the election. It is good for the party if he pays back the money. The people will now forgive and forget”.

Ms T Mushambi said: “I think he thinks that his political career is on the line. Maybe some people from within the ANC are pressuring him. I don’t think he was guilty of just taking money as he did not know about all the things, but is the right thing to pay. Maybe the ANC saw that people are tired and is scared that these people will move their votes”.

Left: Mr Leeroy Topera, Mr Godwin Mashanda and Mr Andile Hojisi said: “The President knows what he did was wrong. He now got what he wanted and maybe feels just a little guilty. It is easy to say you’ll pay something back once you’ve got what you wanted. The ANC also wans to get votes with this. It is the right thing for him to pay back the money that is owed to the people. Zuma wants to blindfold people to vote for him so that next he can fi ght to get the jet he wanted”.

Mr Carly Mthimkhulu said: “Zuma has now seen that the funds was not supposed to go to his house and that is why he wants to pay it back. It is not because of any type of pres-sure. It is because he is an honourable man”.

Mr Daniël Mokwena said: “He got a lot of pressure from other parties to pay back the money. The EFF and DA forced him to do it. I think it was like stealing from the public and I am happy he will now be paying back some money now. I actually think they should have sold Nkandla to recover the money. The ANC is scared they will lose the election if he does not pay”.

Ms Anastacia Malepe said: “A lot of people are going away from the party because of fraud and brotherhood. The ANC is not looking out for the good of the people, only for each other in the brotherhood. The pres-sure is now too much from others within the party so that is why Zuma has decided to do something now. He is protected in the party so the pressure is felt more on the party than the leader who is protected. It is a good thing he will pay back some money now. My tax is also in there!”

Mr ME Mokgotho said: “He will pay back the money because he is getting pressure to do so. As the leader of the ANC it is affecting the whole party and I think they are now pushing him to pay. His scandals will decrease the votes for the ANC”.

Mr Tumelo Sello said: “The President is un-der pressure towards the local elections. This is a way of buying votes. The money should be paid, but it should have been done a long time ago. This Nkandla thing has a negative impact on the party, they might lose a few votes over this”.

Regs: Mnr. Willie Janse van Rensburg sê: “Dié is net om stemme te werf. As hy dit nou nog nie terugbetaal het nie glo ek nie hy sal dit ooit betaal nie – al sê hulle wat. Na die verkiesing sal ‘n mens niks weer daarvan hoor nie”.

Left: Mr Thabiso Ranto said: “It is about the elections. Zuma is trying to convince the pub-lic that the ANC has realized their mistakes and is trying put it right. Why pay it now and not long ago?”

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Small dysfunctional schools in Limpopo will soon be merged to the benefi t of the learners. These schools will also be monitored to assist in improving them. This was one of the issues that emerged from a meeting between the MEC for Education, Ishmael Kgetjepe, the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga and the top management of Limpopo Department of Education. This is a follow-up on the minister’s announcement that she will visit provinces to provide support in the endeavour to improve quality of education. Matters under discussion included the speedy merging of small schools which are dysfunctional. One hundred schools have been merged around the province and there are 201 identifi ed schools which will be merged soon. There are also plans to source out additional funds to make it possible for the department to deal extensively with infrastructure challenges. The department is currently dealing with the backlog of about 1000 storm damaged schools and also provide for new projects. There are 93 projects in different stages as part of the infrastructure delivery plans. The meeting acknowledged the good work of the department in provid-ing Learner Teacher Support Material (LTSM) for 2016 education year on time. There are 202 employees for special schools, 164 for public schools and 158 employees to be placed in Circuit Offi ces. These include teachers and support staff to be placed before the end of March 2016.There are 516 principal posts, 322 Deputy Principals and 974 schools’ Heads of Department posts planned to be fi lled in the 2016/7 fi nancial year. This initiative will enhance learning and teaching processes in different schools. Appointment of these employees will bring in relief to shortage of teachers and support staff challenges across the province.

Samancor Eastern Chrome Mines cares for the community. Every year Samancor Eastern Chrome Mines hosts a charity golf day, to raise funds for small community proj-ects. One of the projects that they do every year, is to hand out ‘back to school packs’ for the grade one children of fi ve different schools in

“Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will praise the Lord, the God of Israel, in song”.Judges 5:3 (NIV)

Merging small, dysfunctional schools

Young learners benefi t from Samancor

ECM Golf Daythe area. The amount of children that benefi tted this year was 320 children, which are from Makgakantshe, Manga-bane, Laerskool Steelpoort, Dithamaga and Boerboomkraal. Samancor ECM would like to thank all the people who made this possible.(Information & photographs: Mariska Stickling, ECM)

Learners from fi ve local schools benefi tted from the back to school packs.


As preparations mount for the 2016 Comrades Marathon, the organising body has announced that running clubs can now book their tent sites for Race Day on Sunday, 29 May 2016. Being a ‘down-run’, the 2016 Comrades Marathon Finish Venue will be at the Sahara Stadium Kingsmead in Durban. The 4mx4m club tent sites have been demar-cated and clubs may book these at a cost of R550.00 per site (incl. VAT) and suites start from R4350.00 (incl. VAT). Please use the booking form on www.comrades.com to make a booking. Both sites and suites can be booked using the online form.

Due to the limited number of sites, book-ings will be taken on receipt of payment and on a fi rst come fi rst pay basis. Only clubs with 100 or more entrants into the Comrades Marathon will be allocated more than one site.

Please note that sites will not be allocated until proof of payment has been received. If a site has been paid for and all sites have already been allocated, a refund will be made to the club concerned.PLEASE NOTE:• Tent sites measure approximately 4m x

4m. Club tents must not exceed this size and must be free standing. Besides the tent sites on the grass section, the CMA has also demarcated 10 sites at the bot-tom section of the southern grandstand. These will be for clubs with 100 or more runners.

• No platforms, scaffolding or sponsors signage may be used at the tent sites.

• Although security is provided at the fi nish, neither the CMA, its sponsors, nor Sahara Stadium Kingsmead will take responsibility for any loss or damage to club property.

• No vehicles will be permitted into the stadium; trailers may be pushed into the demarcated area by hand and left at the stadium to be collected on Monday, 30 May 2016.

• Tent sites must be erected on Saturday, 28th May 2016 by no later than 16h00.

Players benefi t from Educational Support ProgrammeFC Kodi White Doves is pushing their players towards a brighter future with their Players Educational Support Programme. This programme sees the Club buying all its matric players school shoes, polishes, pens, covers and study aids for Mathe-matics, Accounting, English, Economics, Physical Science and Business Economics. There are seven players enrolled for matric this year. Mr Kodi Senyane said: “As product of a family with a poor background I found it very important to try to reduce the re-sponsibility of these kids’ parents by at least helping them in one way or another. I need to help produce engineers, CAs, laywers and architects in my Club and the possibility is there that out of these fi rst seven matrics some might get the chance to go to university”. Kodi motivating them and believe in their dreams. “Our players are 100% non-smokers and don’t drink alcohol”. Players interested in trying out for the team that will be playing in the ABC Motsepe league can contact him on 082 344 5493, but they should have been born between 1994 and 1999. (Information & Photograph: Kodi Senyane).

• NO BRAAI FIRES OR GAS CYLIN-DERS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE STADIUM. IF FOUND, THESE WILL BE REMOVED BY SECURITY. Please make prior arrangements to bring fl asks and pre-packed foods for your runners. Runners may also make use of the soup tent at the fi nish where hot beverages and soup will be provided.

• NO ALCOHOL MAY BE BOUGHT INTO THE STADIUM. IF FOUND, IT WILL BE REMOVED BY SECURITY.

• Catering options will also be available for club sites. These catering options will be emailed once all sites have been sold and allocated. However, if you are interested in catering options in the meantime, please email [email protected]

In addition to the above, the following is applicable to SUITE BOOKINGS ONLY:• All suites are situated in either the South

Stand or West Stand.• Due to the limited amount of suites,

these will only be confi rmed and booked once we have received full payment.

• No vehicles will be permitted into the stadium after Friday, 27 May 2016.

• The suites will be opened on the follow-ing days and times for clubs to set up; Friday, 27 May 2016 12:00 noon - 14:00, Saturday, 28 May 2016 12:00 noon - 14:00

• Suites will only be opened on Race Day, 29 May 2016 at 11:00. Please ensure that a member of your club is at the suite at that time otherwise the suite will remain locked for security reasons.

• The suites will be closed and locked at 18:00 on ‘Race Day’. Stadium lockdown is at 18:30.

• Suites will be reopened on Monday, 30 May 2016 between 09:00 – 11:00 for clubs to clear their belongings.

For all other queries please email [email protected]. Alternatively, please call Dave Ward or Kerry Bester on Tel: 031 563 5645 or Cell: 082 492 1995

Clubs can now book their tent site for the Comrades Marathon

Support the Bosveld Rugby Club Golf Day

The Bosveld Rugby Club from Hoedspruit will be hosting a golf day on 13 February 2016 to help raise funds for the Club. The format of the day’s play will be 4 Ball American Scramble.Entry fees are R350 per player or R1500 per 4 ball team.

Registration will take place at 07:30 and tee-off will be at 08:00. For more information contact Romeo Jones (083 439 2466 or 015 799 2980) or Wouter Vos (083 259 0054 or e-mail [email protected]) or Naas du Plessis (083 450 8336).

Skole hou sport, kom ondersteun hulleVolgende week Woensdag - 10 Februarie hou Ohrigstad ‘n vriendskaplike atletiekby-eenkoms. Verskeie skole sal kom deelneem aan veld- en baanitems. Die geleentheid vind die middag na skool plaas. Op 13 Februarie word nog ‘n vriendskaplike

atletiekbyeenkoms op Burgersfort gehou. Dit vind plaas by Laerskool Burgersfort en weer-eens is ‘n groot groep skole genooi om te kom deelneem. Die oggend begin om 08:00. Die publiek word genooi om die kinders te kom ondersteun en sommer ‘n lekkerny of wat by die snoepies te geniet.

Save these dates for events at Tubatse Chrome Golf Club

The following events are planned at the Golf Club:6 February 2016 - Social and league golf 13 February 2016 - Talisman Cup 20 February 2016 - Social and league golf27 February 2016 - Tubatse Procurement

Golf (by invitation)5 March 2016 - Social golf12 - 13 March 2016 - Club ChampionshipsFor more information of golf days or to book your event at the Golf Club contact Martin van Rooyen on 072 564 2811.

Marakele National Park will be partnering with SANParks Honorary Rangers and Thabazimbi marathon club to bring runners the 2016 Marakele marathon.

This is a marathon takes place inside a national park and aims to bring both the ordinary members of the public as well as the professional running community of South Africa to have some fun and take “a run on the wild side”.

The marathon, which takes place on Sat-urday, 27 February 2016, is held in the park to focus the public and the media’s attention on the importance of conservation. It also highlights various fundraising and tourism initiatives which are key to the functioning of

Run in a National Parka national park.

Participants can choose to complete one of three races, namely the full marathon which is 42.2 km, a half marathon which is 21.1 km or a 10 km race. There is also a 5 km fun run suitable for the whole family, which is very popular among children and casual supporters. While there is no limit on the fun run, other races have a cut-off of 300 partici-pants.The marathon provides an opportunity for runners to experience the wild as well as get the opportunity to qualify for the popular Comrades marathon.

For more information on entries contact Mr Johann van der Merwe on 083 324 1916.

Email: [email protected]

2016 Marakele Marathon

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Ohrigstad and

Bothashoek face off in

rugbyOn Saturday 30 January 2016 the Ohrigstad Rugby Club hosted a rugby team from Bothashoek. Ohrigstad treated the game as trails to prepare themselves for the upcoming league games. Ohrigstad won the game but afterwards said that much preparation is still needed for them to be on the level they were in 2015. Last year they played in the fi nals. They welcomed the new players and invite players who would like to join the team to contact

them. (Contact: Johan Gouws 084 868 3705; Dick Viljoen 082 936 1167 or Sam Mogane 078 216 7971). The Old Men (Ou Manne) played a friendly game against Hoedspruit as a curtain raiser. (Photographs & Information: Quartus du Toit and Willem Montgomery)

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Modikwa Cycle Club racing at Barberton

The Modikwa Cycle Club entered and participated in the Barberton Cycle race on 30 January 2016. The team members who attended the event could choose to ride in one of the following categories: 20km, 30km, 48km, 77km and 105km. The local cy-clists opted for the 30km race that started at 07:45.

It was an extremely hot day, but the race was well planned and the beautiful scenery made it worth it for the riders. The Club members were also impressed

with the emergency units stationed along the route and the effi cient traffi c control. The team did not only have the wind at their backs as a few punctures had to be repaired along the way, but they are thankful as long as there were no injuries. Everyone was able to fi nish and the times clocked left the team satisfi ed with the day’s perfor-mance. Members who participated are: Andre Duminy, Derek Rieck, Hope Tyira, Johan Pretorius, Juanita Prins, Carine Duminy, Bev Rieck, Nicole Duminy and Hel-gaard Prins. (Information and photographs: Willem Montgomery, Modikwa Platinum Mine).

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