Friday 15 August 2014Year 5 133rd Edition Tel: 013 262 4416

The community of Ga-Makola near Siyabuswais still in shock after a three year old boy wasfound dead with some of his body parts miss-ing. The boy named Siyabonga Mtshweni wentmissing on Sunday 3 August after he was takenfrom his home by a family friend.Realizing that the child is not coming back, themother went to check for him at the familyfriend’s place but he was nowhere to be found.On Monday morning, the mother went toSiyabuswa Police to report a missing personcase. The community joined in and started thesearch for the boy and the family friend.According to Constable Zandile Gqawa, afterreceiving the news, they called the family friendtrying to locate the boy and he told them thathe is with the child in Ekangala. The police wentto the place but they never found the boy.When trying to contact the family friend again,

3 3 3 3 3 YYYYYear old fear old fear old fear old fear old found mound mound mound mound murururururderderderderderedededededand mand mand mand mand mutilautilautilautilautilatedtedtedtedtedhis phone was on voicemail.“The family then went to consult a local tradi-tional healer on Wednesday and he promisedto take them to the place where they will find theboy. The traditional healer has then led them tothe near bushes where the boy was murderedand left in a mieliemeal bag” said Gqawa.The traditional healer, Esser Masombuka, thencommanded the family not to touch anythinguntil he performs some rituals that will make themurderers to pay the price. The police were alsoinformed about the matter and rushed to thescene.The mieliemeal bag was opened and the boy’sbody was found with his penis and some of hisfingers missing. It was also discovered that histhroat was slit with a sharp object.The community members started accusing thetraditional healer for knowing too much about

the incident. The traditional healer then disap-peared and it is not known whether he ran in fearfor his life from the angry community or whetherhe really knows something about the child’smurder. Gqawa added that the police managedto find the family friend who left with the child

before he was murdered. “The suspect is still in the police cell for ques-tioning but he is not yet charged as we are stillinvestigating the matter. The traditional healerEsser Masombuka is also missing and we arestill looking for him for questioning,” she said.Gqawa appealed to the community to work withthe police in the matter in order to bring theperpetrators forward. The police are investigat-ing the matter and urge community memberswho might know the whereabouts of the tradi-tional healer named Esser Masombuka to comeforward.“As the police, we understand that the commu-nity is very upset at the stage but we appeal tothem that they must not take the law into theirown hands.We urge anyone who have information aboutthe matter to contact the nearest police stationor call 08600 10111,” she concluded.

Siyabonga Mtshweni's mutelated body was found in a mielie meal bag by thecommunity of Ga-Makola. They were led streight to the scene by a traditionalhealer that went missing after the insedent.

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On Wednesday 30 July, the Ndlovu Miracle Theatre was fully packedwhen Junior Achievement South Africa (JASA) held an award givingceremony when presenting entrepreneurial certificates to Moutse basedschools learners.JASA provides engaging entrepreneurial programmes, which fosterconfident and empowered young people who are possibly seekers andcreators of opportunities. Through these programmes, JASA aims tocontribute to meaningful economic participation by nurturing entrepre-neurial thinking amongst young people.During the event, 327 learners from OR Tambo Comprehensive School,Tlou Kwena Senior Phase School and Njinga Sindane Primary Schoolreceived entrepreneurial certificate that were presented by JASA repre-sentatives and other dignitaries including Miss SA teen finalist MphoSeroka.Addressing hundreds of learners and educators, JASA volunteeringteacher Miss Putso Nkabinde said working as a JASA teacher exposedher in the environment of teaching and learning. She added that shestarted voluntarily teaching a six weeks entrepreneurship course at localschools in Elandsdoorn, Dennilton for grades 6 and 7.Putso went on: “The purpose of Junior Achievement SA is to prepareyoung people for life after school by raising their awareness of economicissues, teaching them entrepreneurial and life skills, providing them withan understanding of the business world and enhancing their sense ofpersonal responsibility through practical business experience.”She said it has to be recognized that even under the best educationsystem, there are learners who will not continue with further educationand in the current economic environment in South Africa, appear to havelittle chance of obtaining work in a competitive employment market.“Our main aim is to improve the preparation of young people for life afterschool by making them aware of economic issues and generating anunderstanding of entrepreneurial skills in a practical way,” she said.

JASA awards Moutse learners withentrepreneurial certificates

Learners from Moutse Schools showing off their certificates they received fromJASA.

The JASA volunteering teacher Ms Putso Nkabinde (left)with Miss SA Finalist Mpho Seroka during the award givingceremony.

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The Executive Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality Cllr MogoboDavid Magabe is horrified by the continuing horrific road accidents inthe district.On Sunday 27 July 2014, 9 people lost their lives after a mortuary vancollided with a minibus taxi between Jane Furse and Mamone Villages.After this fatal accident that left 9 people dead, another 10 are fightingfor their lives at Jane Furse Hospital.On Saturday 19 July 2014, 8 people lost their lives at Leporogong on theR37 road between Atok and Lebowakgomo.These incidents are figures taken from the recent list of serious accidentsreported across the Sekhukhune District Municipality."We are perplexed and horrified by this unending number of seriousaccidents reported on our roads daily. We are convinced that one life lostis one too many. We can only appeal to all our law enforcement agenciesto redouble their efforts in order to spare lives. We equally appeal to ourpeople, in particular motorist, to respect the rules of the road at all times.We are worried that negligent driving has been the cause of all this majorincidents," said Executive Mayor Magabe.He further said: " The department of Roads working together with RoadAccident Fund will ensure that government contributes to the directlyaffected families. As the Sekhukhune District Municipality, through ourcouncillors and Community Development Workers (CDWs), we willoffer systematic assistance to affected families"

On Tuesday 12 August, hundreds of angry Dennilton communitymembers gathered on the R25 Road near Moutse Mall to stop the roadupgrading project. The project started earlier this year from Phooko inDennilton to Groblersdal Town.According to the community, the Chief Liaison Officer (CLO) and theSteering Committee of the project are failing them and that was the reasonthey organized a protest to boycott the project. They say the project wasaimed at benefitting residents from Elias Motsoaledi Wards 8, 9, 11 and14 but the community in the boundaries of the said wards are notemployed. A community member, Bafana Masinga from Jabulani Villagesaid the CLO is now employing only his friends and family in the project.He said some of the workers are also beyond the boundaries of wards8, 9, 11 and 14. “During community meetings just before the projectstarted, we made it clear that the majority of people who are going to beemployed in the project will be coming from the four wards. Now we aresurprised to see the CLO and steering committee appointing theirfavourite people behind our backs. It is clear that these people practicenepotism to employ people in this project,” he said. He added that somecommunity members were employed and told that they will be notifiedabout the date when they will start working but it has been months now

The DA in Limpopo has condemned the on-going attacks on the farming community in theprovince. DA Limpopo Provincial leader,Jacques Smalle says the problem affects farm-ers and farm workers equally. Smalle made thestatement after a number of farmers were mur-dered in Limpopo recently. On Monday 7 July,the 54 year old Groblersdal farmer RudolphPretorius, was fatally wounded and later diedwhile on the way to hospital in a robbery on hisfarm in Bloempoort between Groblersdal andDennilton. Smalle added that the governmentmust do everything it can to improve securityin rural areas. Meanwhile, a farmer was killed ona farm in Lephalale on Tuesday 5 August. TheLimpopo Police spokesperson Ronel Otto says79year old Koos Jonker was found murdered ina farmhouse he was renting in Lephalale. Ottosays Jonker was assaulted with a blunt objectbefore the suspects ransacked the house. Shesays his vehicle was found a few kilometresfrom the farm and nobody has been arrestedyet. The Transvaal Agricultural Union of SouthAfrica says 24 people have been murdered and158 were attacked on farms since the beginningof the year.

Too many fatal accidents in thedistrict

The Executive Mayor of SekhukhuneDistrict Municipality Cllr Mogobo DavidMagabe is concerned about the numberof accidents taking place in the districtrecently.

Communityboycotts R25

project

and they were never told to come and report onduty.Bafana Masinga concluded: “We have tried tomeet the main contractor but we were told thathe is not around. Now we decided to stop theproject until we resolve the matter with relevantpeople who will take our concerns into consid-eration.” According to Tshepo Mabena, theSecretary of the project’s Steering Committee,the protest was organized by a certain indi-vidual who wants to benefit from the project. Hesaid that these individuals are using the com-munity for their own interest to disrupt theproject after failing to get sub-contracts. Headded that some of the people who were lead-ing the march are also government employees.“There has never been any form of nepotismwhen we appoint people here. We agreed dur-ing the community meeting that we will beappointing 36 workers from the four wards andnow we have managed to appoint 21 and theother 16 vacant spaces are still in the pipeline,”he said. Tshepo Mabena concluded: “We havenow stopped the project to respect the con-cerns of those individuals. I can assure you thatthese people never came to us about the matter;instead they run to the community and also tothe media to raise their concerns and we didn’tknow that they want to mediate the matter. Weare willing to sit down with them for negotia-tions in order to resolve the matter.”

Farm murderscondemned by DA

Limpopo

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On Friday 8 August, the Bantwane Youth Ini-tiative (BYI) organized a career exhibition at theNdlovu Sports Grounds in Elandsdoorn,Dennilton. The Department of Labour, StevenMdluli from Stevennel Training Construction

The Moutse Health Education and Information Centre (MOHEDIC) isnow expanding their services through an introduction of new projects.The centre, from Wayside in Dennilton, is now doing beadworks to raisefunds for the Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC).According to Amanda Nkwanyana who is the administrator at MOHEDIC,out of 130 care givers, 28 are doing bead work on a daily basis to raisefunds to support orphans that the centre is taking care of. She said afterhard work of marketing their new business, they are now getting ordersfrom people around Moutse and surrounding areas.“Our products are made from simple materials. Care givers at the centreproduce bead works, plastic and grass mats. With the profit we make wesupport about 300 orphans at our centre,” she said.She added that the centre appointed some skilled community memberswho will teaches some of the care givers bead works to make the projectsuccessful.She further said that their bead works are uniquely decorated and somecommunity members become more interested and hire them for gather-ings and weddings. She said they are already getting orders for thecoming Heritage Day events in September.

New projectsintroduced at

MOHEDIC

Some of the care givers busy with their bead work atMOHEDIC Centre in Dennilton.

BYI held Career Exhibition

Some of the products made by the care givers at MOHEDICCentre which are sold to raise funds to support the orphans.

and Civil, Ndlovu Social Worker Ruth Chaukeand representatives from Elias Motsoaledi LocalMunicipality were invited to motivate the learn-ers.According to BIY Assistant Head of Commu-

nications Thabiso Mathabathe, they partneredwith the Ndlovu Care Group to make the exhi-bition a success. He added that their aim is alsoto assist learners with online tertiary registra-tions at the Ndlovu Chill Hub as all necessaryresources are available there.He added that their services also aim to reservespace for Moutse learners in tertiary institu-tions. He added that they also help to avoidlong queues for registrations at tertiary institu-tions. “We invited the Department of Labour toregister unemployed young people in theirdatabase. Unfortunately the turn-out of youngunemployed people is very low but we hopethey will get the message and visit the Depart-ment of Labour to register themselves in theirdatabase,” he said.Thabiso went on: “Even after the expo, theonline tertiary registration at the Ndlovu ChillHub will be continuing to assist learners untilthe closing date of tertiary institutions,” hesaid.The Ndlovu Social Worker Ruth Chauke toldthe Dispatch that as Ndlovu they want to equipyoung people with information that will allowthem to open doors in other spheres of life in thefuture. She said she is still worried about thedropping of the metric pass rate but with allassistance they offer the community on daily

basis, things will change for the better now. “Itmakes me sad to see young people havingchildren and rely on the little money they getfrom the child support grant.What we need is that young people must learnto be independent and go to school to strive fora better life. As Ndlovu, we are working tire-lessly visiting schools through our initiative tomotivate learners in order to equip them withskills so that they will be better people tomor-row,” she said.

Mr. Steven Mdluli of Stevennel Train-ing Construction and Civil motivatingthe learners during the Career Exhibi-tion held at the Ndlovu Sports Groundsin Elandsdoorn.

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Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’sDay in South Africa, a public holiday that payshomage to the women of our nation, the moth-ers, the wives, the sisters and the daughterswho fought tirelessly against the tyranny of theApartheid Government.Saturday 9 August Moutse women gathered atShila’s Place to celebrate National Women’sDay. Ward 10 PR Councillor Mokhine Pitje,Ndlovu Care Group Social Worker Ms RuthChauke, Mrs Mmaphefo Mohlamonyane whowas directing the programme and other womenfrom different parts of Moutse area attendedthe celebration.During the event, the programme director of theday Mrs Mmaphefo Mohlamonyane started byreminding the people about the history of the9 August public holiday. She said, inauguratedin 1994, along with a free, democratic SouthAfrica, the public holiday commemorates a1956 protest lead by Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph,Albertina Sisulu and Sophia Williams-DeBruyn. She added that to rise up against thelegislation that required black South Africansto carry the "pass" (special identification docu-ments which infringed on their freedom ofmovement during the Apartheid era). Approxi-mately 20 000 women from all over the countrytook to the streets of Pretoria, many carryingthe children on their backs to stage a peacefulmarch to the Union Buildings.A motivational speaker Mrs NondumisoPhaahla emphasized that women must stand upfor their rights and not be afraid to come forwardto address any difficulty they face on dailybasis. “Gone are the days where women haveto be treated like a slave and their duties werenot recognized. We have to learn to stand up forour rights and prove ourselves to become bet-ter people tomorrow,” she said.Ruth Chauke a Social Worker from Ndlovu CareGroup advised about how Ndlovu is playing arole to access them with basic services andsocial needs.Speaking on the behalf of the Department ofEducation, Mrs Mashilo said women mustpursue and advance their life through educa-tion. She encouraged women to go to schooland strive for educational qualifications aseducation plays a major role in moral regenera-tion.Sister Masereme from Ndlovu Medical Centresaid any form of abuse will not be tolerated andmust be reported as soon as possible. Sheadded that she was also abused in her marriageof six years until she took a step and divorcedher husband.An inspiring display of political strength, fe-male solidarity and inner fortitude, the march on9 August 1956 is both a reminder of the greatwomen who helped mould South Africa and thetrailblazing women who continue to lead thecountry forward.

National Women’sDay Celebrated at

NtwaneMrs. MmaphefoMohlamonyaneaddressing thewomen duringthe celebration atShila’s Place inNtwane.

On Wednesday 6 August, Elias Motsoaledi Ward 6 held an IDPstakeholder consultation for a 2014/2015 research process. Mr. LP Talafrom the Elias Motsoaledi Strategic Department, Ward 6 Councillor ChrisMhlanga and other stakeholders took part.During the meeting, the main concern was the backlog of service deliverywhere some of the needs were proposed but never implemented.The stakeholders were asked to identify the first five priorities they needthe municipality to consider in the 2014/2015 IDP budget. Thestakeholders agreed that their first priority was the upgrading ofPhucukani Phase 2 Road and their second became VIP toilets. The thirdpriority was the installation of high mast light to lower the high rate ofcrime. Fencing of the Phucukani Graveyards became fourth on the listand the community hall became fifth. The issue of water was left out asSekhukhune District’s bulk water supply project is underway.According to ward 6 Councillor Chris Mhlanga, the Elias MotsoalediLocal Municipality has included the Phucukani Phase 2 Road, the highmast lights and the VIP toilets in the 2014/2015 IDP budget.

Ward 6 held asuccessful IDP

StakeholderConsultation

The six suspects who were attempting to robChoppies Supermarket on Saturday 19 Julyin Groblersdal have briefly appeared beforethe Groblersdal Magistrate’s Court. Thesuspects namely Ronny Kutumela, MaudiMaphutha, Andrew Magopa, JamesNgubeni, Thompson Ntaka and VincentNkambule have appeared in Court on Thurs-day 7 August.The suspects were arrested by the policeafter a failed planned armed robbery atChoppies Supermarket in Groblersdal. Thepolice occupied the area just before the shopopened its doors and managed to arrest thesuspects after a long battle of exchanging offire. The suspects will appear again on Thurs-day 28 August for bail application.

Choppiesattempted

armed robbersappeared in

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The Limpopo Department of Health employees at Philadelphia Hospitalare complaining about poor service at their residential area in thehospital. The employees say the place is dirty and the drain is blockedmaking the toilets and showers to stop working.According to staff members who want to remain anonymous, thesituation persisted for six months now and the hospital management isdoing nothing after they complained several times about the matter.“They are always saying that there is a good story to tell but it is actuallya bad story to tell. These people are treating us like pigs. The place is dirty,the drain is blocked, toilets and showers are not working while we payrent each and every month. This affects all residential blocks and it hasbeen occurring for a period of six months now,” she said.She added that when they report the matter, they are told that the pipesneed to be replaced and the department is currently not having moneyto start with the project.“These have also affecting the hospital as the department fails to appointgeneral workers. The MEC has recently said that the Limpopo Depart-ment of Health is now in order when it was returned from administrationbut things have gone from bad to worse. Even those administrators didnot visit even once to check our working condition at Philadelphia,” shesaid.The Limpopo Department of Health Spokesperson Macks Lesufi wasnot available for comment after his phone was on voicemail.

The Groblersdal Police invites residents tocome and take part in the launching of theGroblersdal Community Policing Forum thatis scheduled to take place on Wednesday 20August 2014.According to the Groblersdal Police Spokes-person Warrant Officer Stanley Magaela, thepolice aims to strengthen its partnership withthe community to fight crime in GroblersdalTown.“We realized that the CPF that we electedpreviously is not participating to address thecommunity issues with the police inGroblersdal. We are now inviting Groblersdalresidents to come and take part in the launch-ing of the new CPF. This is also to encourageand educate the community on some of thebasic steps they should consider to stop allforms of criminal activities in the Groblersdalarea,” he said.Community members are encouraged to comein numbers on Wednesday 20 August atGroblersdal Police Station and the startingtime will be 06:00 in the morning.

Dirty and stinkyPhiladelphia

Hospital

A 44 year old man named, Frank Lampy Tsima was sentenced to 8 yearsin prison by Groblersdal Regional Court on Tuesday 29 July. Accordingto Constable Lethunya Mmuroa from Marble Hall SAPS Tsima wasfound guilty of stock theft after he stole twelve cattle at Toitskraal on 11September 2012. The stolen cattle were 10 cows and two bulls estimatedto the value of R78 000-00.Mmuroa added that the man stole the cattle at night inside the kraal andtransported them to Belabela. Police received the tip-off from a commu-nity member. They followed that information which led to the arrest ofthe suspect.He was arrested in September at Belabela while he was about to sell thecattle on auction. The cattle were identified by the owner by colors andbrand mark.“Mr. Tsima appeared in Marble Hall Magistrate’s court and was releasedon bail. His case proceeded until he was sentenced. Police and the ownerof the cattle welcomed the sentence of the accused. The farmers areencouraged to look after their livestock and make sure they lock theirkraals. They have to brand mark them and know where they are all thetimes,” he said.

GroblersdalSAPS to

launch CPF

Cattlethief

sentenced

Smalls and Classifieds

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Once again, the Sekhukhune District Municipality hosted the Limpopo Indigenous Games. The games were organized onSaturday 2 August at Leeuwfontein Sports Complex.The Sekhukhune District hosts the Indigenous Games with the objectives of establishing the games to gain national andinternational status and showcasing the communities talents. Through the Indigenous Games programme, the LimpopoDepartment of Sports, Arts & Culture strives to promote active and healthy lifestyles. The games are also aimed atdiscouraging unwanted social behaviour by keeping young people engaged in the games.

Limpopo Indigenous Gamesheld in Leeuwfontein

The Games' target group is from 14-18 and 18-30 youth and this year theDepartment of Sports; Arts & Culture expected a growing number ofparticipants.At Leeuwfontein Sports Complex, the daily game activities included therich indigenous heritage games such as Dibeke (a running ball game);Diketo (a coordination game); Kgati (a rope jumping game); Ncuva (aboard game); Morabaraba (a board game); Jukskei (a throwing and targetgame); Kho-kho (a running game); Iintonga (a stick fighting game);Arigogo (similar to rounders) and Drie stokkies (running and jumpinggame). “Indigenous games are part of our heritage, and we encourageyou to find people in your communities who can teach children how toplay indigenous games,” said Limpopo Department of Sports, Arts &Culture’s Mabakane Mangena.He added that as the department, they managed to choose some of thebest performers in each and every activity to represent Limpopo Prov-ince in the coming National Indigenous Games.

Ncuva is still leading in board gamesin each and every Indigenous Gamesevent.

Dibeke was one of the games performed at LeeuwfonteinSports Complex during the Limpopo Indigenous Games.

Iintonga pulled attention of many viewers during the Indig-enous Games.

Some of the participants playing Kho-kho (a running game).

Drie Stokkies kept young people captivated at LeeuwfonteinSports Complex in Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality.

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Mamelodi Sundowns Academy hosted MoutseDevelopment Academy in Open Day

The Moutse Development Academy players before they play their match facingMamelodi Sundowns Mbibane Academy Satellite.

The Moutse Development Academy under 15 players with the Mamelodi SundownsMbibane Academy Satellite under 15 players before the start of the last match atVaalbank Stadium.

On Sunday 3 August, Mamelodi Sundowns Mbibane Academy Satellite hosted Moutse Devel-opment Academy for a 2014 Open Day for parents. The sporting event that was organized atVaalbank Stadium also formed part of the first anniversary of Mamelodi Sundowns MbibaneAcademy Satellite.According to the Public Relations Officer of Moutse Development Academy Chris Mhlanga, thetwo academies clashed for three divisions, the under 11, under 13 and under 15. He added thatthe Sundowns Academy also aims to scout some of the best performing players in Moutse tojoin the Academy in Pretoria.The first match was played by the under 11’s. Sundowns started by dominating the match fromthe first blow of the whistle. This resulted in Moutse to be punished with a 5-1 defeat in the endof the match.In the second match, the under 13’s Moutse boys did well although they were defeated by thehighly skilled Sundowns boys with a close 3-2 score.The final match was played by the under 15’s, a though match for both teams that started witha fast pace when forward players demanded to score early goals. Moutse boys didn’t want to gohome empty handed and they managed to win the last match 5-2.The results of the friendly matches became fruitful when Timothy Leshaba of the MoutseAcademy players was selected by the Mamelodi Sundowns to join the Academy.

The Chairperson of Moutse Development Academy Isaac Mkhaliphi preparing theunder 13 boys just before the second match of the day.

The Chairperson of Moutse Development Academy Isaac Mkhalphi was also pleased about theoutcomes of the matches. He said they started the academy to take children off the streets andnow they achieve positive outcomes.“As the chairperson of the academy I appeal to local businesses to give a hand because we arestill facing challenges especially in transport. We are now preparing the boys for the trip toJohannesburg where they will face the Kaizer Chiefs Academy. We will later be heading to CapeTown to face the Ajax Cape Town Development Academy,” he said.Petros “Bazooka” Mkhonza, who coaches the Mamelodi Sundowns Academy Satellite was verypleased with the outcome of the day and reiterated the importance of Sundowns having a satellitein this area.“When we opened the satellite in the beginning of February, I knew that it was the start of greatthings. Today we brought the Sundowns under 11, 13 and 15 side and the local boys here werevery motivated by this. Sundowns is leading the way in terms of nurturing talent from an earlyage across the country and this is the only way we can properly develop football in South Africa,”he said.