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Fast community reaction led to the arrest of four suspects believed to have been poach-ing on a farm in the Beetgekraal area on Sunday.

The suspects were spotted by the owners of the farm before they fl ed. Leaving behind a gestating Kudu ewe they’ve just shot.

The farmers spread the message of what happened and the suspects’ vehicle registra-tion on their radio. The farming community quickly reacted and managed to pull over the suspects on the Steelpoort road.

Offi cials from the Mpumalanga Parks and Tourism Agency from Mashishing (Lyden-burg) was contacted and they, together with the Mashishing Police rushed to where the men were pulled over.

The farmers also called Platinum Gazette to the scene next to the road.

Two fi re arms were confi scated. A .308 rifl e with a silencer as well as a Z88 pistol were discovered in the vehicle. The rifl e is li-censed but it is illegal to use it with a silencer as was the case here.

The men were arrested and appeared in the Lydenburg Magistrate’s Court on Tues-day. The case was postponed to 24 March 2015 for a bail application. The suspects include a teacher and a policeman. The policeman is allegedly also working with the Stock Theft Unit. He is reported to be from the Lebowakgomo area.

Mr Themba Mzimba from the Mpumalan-ga Parks and Tourism Agency said: “I would like to thank the farmers for their wonderful reaction. We back them 100% for their team-work and would like to encourage them to continue this with any future incidents”.

The Language family on whose farm the illegal hunting took place also thanked every-one for their help in bringing the men to book.

Mr. Themba Mzimba and Mr. Elias Mkhabela from the Mpumalanga Parks and Tourism Agency.

Red-handedNowhere to run for poachers

This lady set an example to the youth (on and off the fence) last Saturday when she completed the Big Walk organised by the provincial government.

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A 24-year old man from Leboeng Gamab-elane appeared in the Leboeng Periodical Court on 17 March 2015 on a charge of Arson and malicious damage to property. A case was opended in April last year after a woman’s house was burnt down in Tswenyane village. The woman’s boy-friend was suspected to be the arsonist. At the time Platinum Gazette reported on the incident. The suspect was arrested in Burgersfort last weekend. “We would like to thank the community for working hand in hand with the police to make sure the perpetrators are brought to book” said Const. M.A. Sibatana from the Leboeng SAPS. The case was postponed to 24 March for further investigation. The accused will remain in custody without bail. Anyone with information relating to this case can contact Detective Constable Shai Sello on 076 709 5886.(Information: Const. M.A. Sibatana, Lebo-eng SAPS)

Arson suspect arrested

Two Pakistani citizens appeared in the Leboeng Periodical Court on 17 March 2015. They are charged with assault with intent to do grievious bodily harm. The two were arrested in December 2014 at Kgautswana Paeng village after the community called the police to the suspects’ shop. The SAPS found a 29-year old man in a pool of blood. He was allegedly assaulted with a showerhead. The accused were both found guilty and sentenced to a R3 000 fi ne or 6 months imprisonment wholly suspended for a period of fi ve years on condition they are not convicted of the same offence during the period of suspension. (Information: Const. M.A. Sibatana, Leboeng SAPS)

Foreigners found guilty of assault

Walk the talk

The Provincial Big Walk took place at Riba Cross on Saturday last week. The event is organised by the Department of Sport, Arts & Cul-ture and encouorages people to look after themselves by keeping fi t.It is annually hosted in a different district in the province. Locally the Sekhukhune District Executive Mayor, Cllr. Mogobo David Magabe and Greater Tubatse Municipality Mayor, Cllr. Ralepane Simon Mamekoa joined the Big Walk. (See photographs left).Approximately 1 200 people participated in the walk of 5km. They

came from all over the province to participate and included all ages. Entrants received a T-shirt and a medal. The event was closed with formalities from the politicians, entertainment and a cooked meal.

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The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Ms Pamela Tshwete (far left in photograph), had this message to give to the people of Ga-Motodi near Burgersfort on Tuesday during Water Week Celebrations in the village.

Part of the clebrations was the handing over of a media centre to Marota Promary School for winning last year’s Poetry section of the Department’s Baswa Le Meetse, project, which is run with the Department of Education and the MTN Foundation. The school also won an amount of cash. She told her large audience “water still remains a key commodity in the develop-ment of our communities and our county. Access to safe and clean drinking water is one of the rights that is enshrined in our Bill of Rights and this right is one of the major milestones that the Department of Water and Sanitation has to achieve. Since the dawn of our democracy Government has been committed to providing clean safe drinking water to our people and to this point we have been able to provide 70% of our population with access to clean drinking water”.

“We are also committed to the education and awareness of our youth about the integrated management of our water resources and healthy hygiene practices so that we are able to use, conserve and enjoy our water resource for current and future generations while eradicating sanitation related diseases.

To achieve this we have existing partnerships between public and pri-vate sector organisations so we may be able to pull resources together for the betterment of our country and it’s people.

As the Public and private sector the Department of Water and Sanita-tion, together with the Department of Basic Education and MTN foundation SA we are able to support projects such as Baswa Le Meetse from year to year and during the water week to highlight the importance of education as a Nation. Baswa Le Meetse is one of our fl agship projects aimed at edu-cating our learners about integrated water resources management and the encourage learners to take up science and engineering careers in the water and sanitation sector so as to address the current scarce skills challenges”.

Talking about the classroom she said “Through this media classroom the school and the community must benefi t because it is equipped with educational programmes and software to assist in the learning areas within the school curriculum. Learners must have excess to the world’s e-librar-ies by a click of a button and also take part in looking after the condition of this valuable asset”. She also thanked Mamasegare Eunice Sekhukhune the educator, Loveness Maphanga, Keabetswe Mashabela and Antoinette Mamphoke the learners who were the team that represented the school in the project.

‘Water has no substitute’

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Residents of Maandagshoek marched to the gates of Phokathaba Platinum Mine on Monday morning. A large number of police and traffi c offi cials kept an eye on proceedings. They handed over a list of demands to the mine management. The demands focus on getting a large number of local residents employed at the mine. It claims that training was promised to ensure

that between 600 and 800 local residents get employed at the mine. They community also demands representation on employee selection panels and decision making structures at the mine with regards to procurement. Apart from wanting representation and decision making abil-ities, the community also demanded roads, water supply, sanitation, equipped sporting facilities, upliftment projects,

arts and cultural structures. They also warned councillors and local chiefs not to side-step involving them in any negotiations.The group demand-ed to have a re-sponse to their letter of demands within 48 hours.

Maandagshoek community march to Phokathaba

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Local learners selected for Tubatse Chrome school

programmeTubatse Chrome has signed seven learners onto the School Programme for 2015. Learners come from the Kgahlanong Secondary School in Eerstegeluk and Sehlaku High School in Driekop. These grade 11 learners were chosen after a

selection process and they will complete their trade as either boilermakers; electricians or fi tters over the next 4 years. Tubatse Chrome wishes them the best of luck with their studies. (Information and Photographs: Gabriella du Plessis, Tubatse Chrome)

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Long service rewardedTubatse Chrome held their annual Long Service Awards on Tuesday evening this week. The function took place at Tubatse Chrome Club and employees with 5 years, 10 years, 15 years, 20 years, 25 years, 30 years and 35 years service were recognised for their service and loyalty. There were 29 employees have 25 years service with the company. Jan Kekana, Reuben Ramela and Stephen Mashishi (photograph below) were the em-ployees with 35 years service. Mr. Andor Esbach, General Manager of Tubatse Chrome thanked all the em-ployees for their con-tribution towards the company’s success.

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Twickenham furnishes Taxi Associa on’s offi cesDruta receives dona on

Twickenham Mine has donated offi ce furniture valued at R115,000 to Druta Taxi Associa on in Burgersfort. This includes tables and leather chairs for the boardroom and offi ces, execu ve cabinets and a desk and couch for the recep on area. “Anglo American Pla num is happy to partner with its stakeholders and assist in any way it can,” says Lebang Gaobepe, Social Plans Manager. “The minibus taxi industry transports over 60% of South Africa’s com-

muters and remains the cri cal pillar of the country’s public transport sector. Not only is it the most available mode of transport, it is also the most aff ordable.”

Lazzy Mathe, patrol person, tests the new furniture. Thato Sekhoelo, recep onist, a ends to Morris Lekwadi Queue Marshall at the taxi rank.

Caring for communities

Tubatse SUPERSPAR came to the rescue of Apiesdoorn resi-dents who were affected by a severe thunderstorm on Sunday afternoon. The company donated 126 blankets to the commu-nity. Mr. Jackson Tjatji came to collect the blankets on behalf of the residents. Ms. Phindiwe Mnisis from Tubatse SUPERSPAR handed them over. She said: “We care about our communities. They are also our customers and we are happy to be able to assist in this way”. Mr. Tjatji thanked them, encouraging commu-nities to support the store.

Stay away from this street lightElectricity and water do not mix well. An unattended water leak (although it was re-ported last year) and a street light that is not properly insulated resulted in a family losing

“And he has given us this com-mand: Whoever loves God must also love his brother” - 1 John 4:21 (NIV)(Photograph: Ruben Zwart)

a beloved pet. “We are terribly sad about our pit-bull, but we also feel that something should be done as this could have been a child being electrocuted,” said Ms Carien

Purcell from Leop-ard’s Bush. Apparently work-ers from Lepelle Northern Water came to repair the leak last year, but they could not work on it because Eskom fi rst had to come and repair the pole releasing its cur-rent. Nothing was done since and on 3 March the family’s

dog dug himself out of their premises and strayed into the water where it was shocked. “My husband tested the current and it was 151V running through the ground and the pole,” Purcell added. They reported

everything again. In the mean time Eskom has switched off the electricity to the pole. The leak has been worked on but is still not completely fi xed. “Who do we blame?” Pur-cell asked. “What if this was your child and not my dog?” (Photographs: Carien Purcell).

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The paragraph above is not our own, we plagiarised it from the internet, because we agree with it, and what is said, is the truth and said in a nice way.

Because some customers of the newspaper are always way behind schedule (do we see a government building in the distance?) Platinum Gazette’s normal test driver could not make it in time to Westvaal Steelpoort on Tuesday to drive the new Opel Corsa Essen-tia (1litre 3 cylinder Ecofl ex Turbo, fi ve doors, Intelliink infotainment, park assist, fi ve doors, R185 500, goes like hell).

BUT, great joy in the Advertising Department. Big (no, not big, very big) smile from the imcumbent of this department when she returned from Steelpoort.

“This is a girl car” she exclaimed “There is a mirror on the driver’s side in the sun shade and not on the passengers’ side” she bubbled, “ and the boot is big enough for all my stuff (stuff you know), and I passed a truck and it goes to 160 like this” (fl ick of a fi nger).

It apparently also “sits on the road, and you can adjust the power steer for city or open road driving and I did not bump it when I took it back because it also has the park assist thing”. Yea.

According to the ‘report’ the little car have ‘lekker’ seats, has exemplary build quality and have all sorts of curves, making it very attractive, following Opel Design’s theme of wings in fl ight.

And from what can be gleaned from the photographs that came back to the offi ce ... (Just let us cut it here, dear reader. Me and you should phone Westvaal Steelpoort at 013 230 9230 and ask them when we can come and see for ourselves).

Vote for HencoeSteelpoort’s own Mr South Africa fi nalist needs your vote to help push him through. The organisers of the competition says that they are essentially looking for a model male to represent the coun-try. Contestants are also active in com-munity projects.Hencoe Beukes (21) from Steel-poort is one the 2015 contestants and the public can vote for him by sms MRSA002 to 47439.This will be R3 per sms. Help him take the area to the next level in this competition - vote now!

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Ohrigstad Rugby Klub op koersOhrigstad Rugby Klub het verlede week Saterdag ‘n liga wedstryd teen die Koedoes van Nelspruit gespeel. Die span het die tuisvoordeel ge-bruik en ‘n stewige telling van 50 punte teen oor die Nelspruiters se 7 aangeteken. Die Voorspeler van die wedstryd was Willem le Grange en die Agter-

speler van die wedstryd was WK de Jonge. Dit was die span se tweede wedstryd vir die seisoen. Die week tevore het hulle teen Hazyview op Hazyview gespeel. Daar het die spanne gelykop gespeel, maar Ohrigstad het ‘n bonuspunt gekry vir die 4 drieë wat hulle gedruk het. Die voorwedstryd vir die ligaspelers was tussen die Nelspruit Leeu-lopers en die Grys Katte van Lydenburg. Die Grys Katte het gewen.Môre, 21 Maart 2015 speel die span teen die Bosvelders op Ho-edspruit. Die volgende tuiswedstryd is op 28 Maart 2015 wanneer hulle teen Riverside sal uitdraf. Die publiek is welkom om hulle te kom ondersteun. Die span sal 18 liga wedstryde vir die seisoen speel. Rugby entoesiaste wat graag wil kom saam oefen is welkom om by die Klub aan te sluit. Navrae: Karel Beetge, 072 511 0934, Johan Gouws, 084 868 3705 of Dick Viljoen 082 936 1167.

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A fundraising bowling event will be taking place today, 20 March 2015 at Winterveld Recreational Club in Steelpoort. The event is in aid of Diggers Community and Small Business Centre. Teams of 4 - 6 players can enter and this is ideal for a fun team building exercise. Entry fees are R120 per player and the event will start at 16:30 for 17:00. The entry fee includes a meal ticket. Supporters can also buy a meal ticket for R50 each. The rules dictate that even though a team may have 6 players, only 4 will be on the fi eld at a time. Team members should try to be colour co-ordinated and wear smooth sole shoes. Socks or bare foot is also allowed. No children will be allowed on the fi eld but they can be with their families supporting next to the fi eld. Prizes will be awarded to the fi rst, second and last place as well as the team with the most team spirit. Entries offi cially closed on 18 March, but anyone who is still interested can contact Daleen Campbell on 082 550 7398, Alet van Wyk on 083 775 1438, Debbie van der Schyff on 072 712 6905, Ansie Labuschagne on 072 827 0376, Jurgen Potgieter on 082 500 9257 or Marius Reid on 076 908 2457.

Chrome Club Champions 2015The annual Club Championships was played at Tubatse Chrome Club last weekend. A full fi eld participated and the unsual heat ensured diffi cult play on the second 9 holes on both days. On Sunday the pin placings were set to en-sure a real test for the players and the person winning would be a worthy winner. Thinus Labuschagne, the newly elected Club Captain came out victorious with his score for the weekend reading 41,38 (79), 39, 39 (79) total of 157 less his handicap of 9 giving him the winning score of 139. He thanked the Lord for the talent he as received and also his wife Anika and son Tiaan who waited at the 18th hole to see him sink his winning put. The new Ladies Champion is Loralyn Botha.

She had a great weekend - winning the longest drive and nearest to the pin respec-tively. Loralyn and Andre, a husband and wife combination walked away with plenty of the honours as Andre also won the B-Division and the Saturday jackpot. The C-Division winner was Oscar Mogadi. He enjoyed a great few weeks leading up to the champi-onships. His good form paid off well on the weekend and the Club Committee urged him to keep up the good golf he is playing. The Golf Committee would like to thank each one of the players who participated in the Championships and they are looking forward to great years of golf at Tubatse Chrome Club. (Photographs and Information: Willem Montgomery, Tubatse Chrome Golf Club)

The winners were Loralyn and Andre Botha, Thinus Labuschagne (Club Cham-pion) and Oscar Mogadi. Loralyn is the Ladies Club Champion.

On Saturday 14 March the Tubatse Masters visited Ga Mokgotho Village to play a friendly soccer match against Mokgotho Masters. The hosts were determined and dominated the fi rst minutes of the game. They also scored fi rst when a goal by Pokoto Maebane hit the back of the net. A few minutes before half time Lekgotla Motswiane scored for Tubatse Masters to make the half time score 1-1. In the second half both teams made some chang-es to improve their game. The Tubatse Masters’

second half substitute Seun Maroga scored two goals and gave his team a 3-1 victory. On Sunday 15 March the Tubatse Masters hosted a soccer team from Mototolo Mine at the Bogwasha Sports Grounds in Praktiseer. The game dominated by the Mototolo team and they managed to score two goals in the fi rst half. In the second half the Masters dominated ball pos-session and managed to score only 1 goal. They lost the match 2-1. (Information & Photographs: Jerial Mvundlela).

Masters win and lose

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SPORTSPORTBabers byt by

BOLS-kompetisieDie Burgersfort Ohrigstad Lydenburg en Steelpoort (BOLS) Hengelklub se Baber kompetisie was ver-lede naweek ‘n groot sukses. Die kompetisie is by Wildebeestkraal gehou en die visse het graag gebyt. Die hengelaars en hul gesinne het lekker langs die damme gekuier. Die

senior afdeling is deur Werner van Vreeden ge-wen. Piet de Jager was tweede en Jan Brits derde. Die junior afdeling is deur Dewan Mallo gewen. Lodewyk le Grange was tweede en Hanro Gouws derde. Die Klub bedank almal wat gehelp het om van die dag ‘n sukses te maak.

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