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Two dead after head-on collision

The Audi sedan and the bakkie involved in the accident. Photo: TK Mashaba

TK Mashaba An accident on the R101 between BelaBela and Modimolle on Saturday, 22 August has left two people dead. The accident, a head-on collision between

an Audi sedan carrying four people and a bakkie with three passengers, occurred at just past 19:00. Two of the passengers of the Audi passed away at the scene, while the passengers of the bakkie were injured. A case of culpable homicide has been opened, and police say that they are still

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investigating the cause of the accident. Police who arrived on the scene urged onlookers to wait for the Emergency Services before taking any action such as removing survivors from the cars, but after an hour, no emergency services personnel had yet arrived.

The Audi was said to be travelling in the direction of Tshwane. The names of the deceased have not yet been released.

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ANC Lekgotla declared a success ANC Limpopo Provincial Secretary Nocks. Seabi and spokesperson Khumbudzo Ntshavheni led media interviews during the lekgotla that was held in Bela-Bela. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Lizzy Bapela Heavyweights from the ANC in Limpopo and the national parliament graced BelaBela and Mookgophong for their two-day lekgotla meetings recently. The ANC Party Caucus in the Limpopo Legislature hosted the events, with the Bela-Bela one held at the Forever Resorts from Monday, 17 August to Tuesday, 18 August, while Mookgophong’s was on Thursday, 20 August to Friday, 21 August. The ANC Party Caucus spokesperson Phuti Lekganyane said that the Caucus Lekgotla was held with the intention of strengthening the ANC’s oversight machinery in the legislature. He added that it also considered ways of maximising constituency work as a build-up to the 2016 Local Government Elections. Lekganyane further said that the ANC’s Members of the Provincial Legislature attended the event to renew their commitment to serve the people of Limpopo. The attendees agreed upon certain resolutions during the lekgotla which include that the rules of the legislature

should be tighten up to combat acts of unruly behaviour as recently demonstrated during House Sittings. They also said that the ANC Study Groups should take the lead in ensuring that government departments are held accountable for delivering on the ANC’s 2014 Elections Manifesto. Lekganyane indicated that it is incumbent upon the Caucus of the ANC in the Provincial Legislature to ensure that the Executive is held accountable. “The lekgotla reaffirmed that constituency work remains central to community activism and constituency offices are an extension of the ANC within communities; and should be used optimally to create an audience between the ANC Structures and communities. Also, that the ANC, as a leader of society should ensure that people take an interest in the law-making processes, through robust public participation programmes. The lekgotla further resolved that the legislature as a law-making sector should assist municipalities in the province to formulate by-laws, which will enable them to govern their constituencies better,” said Lekganyane.

Working on Fire welcomes firefighters back from Canada Lizzy Bapela Working on Fire South Africa welcomed back the country’s firefighting heroes who returned home after successfully helping Canada with their wildfires. The first group of the 48 South African fire fighters originating from different provinces in the country received high praise from the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) for their high work ethic while they were part of the international wildland fire fighting teams and fighting multiple fires in Canada during the months of July and August. They landed at the OR Tambo International Airport on the morning of Friday, 21 August - Air France flight AF990. “The 24 fire fighters were part of the 48 crew members who are made up of participants from the South African Working on Fire programme and have been in Canada since 21 July as part of a resource sharing arrangement between Canadian firefighting agencies and South Africa,” said the programme’s spokesperson in Limpopo Matema Gwangwa. “Following their first two weeks in Canada, CIFFC released a positive Crew Performance Report which lauded the

South Africans for their physical fitness, productivity, health and safety and mopping up operations. When they arrived in Canada we knew already that the South African training standards and qualifications were verified against the Canadian, USA, Mexico, Australian and New Zealand systems and our training was way up there, being compatible with international standards,” said Gwangwa. WoF National Spokesperson Linton van Rensburg said that their upbeat and always happy South African crews with their song and dance were well received in Canada and have even appeared in the local and national media as well as on the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. He also said that they have set positive examples to the local and international crews on how to build strong morale and teamwork. “Our crews are excited to be returning back home and once they have spent some time with their families they will be re-joining their respective Working on Fire teams throughout the country. All of them have expressed their joy at having been able to assist Canada with their wildfires and have described their journey as having changed their perspectives on live in general but they have also learned a lot whilst having been over there,” Van Rensburg said.

Three arrested for business robbery TK Mashaba Three suspects who had allegedly been involved in a business robbery at a shop belonging to an Ethiopian citizen have been arrested. The police received a tip on Tuesday, 18 August, at around midnight, regarding the whereabouts of the suspects. They are alleged to have robbed the shop earlier that same night. The victim, who according to the police recognized all three of his attackers, said that three men pushed him into the shop

and stole cigarettes, airtime, cash and a cell phone while holding him at gunpoint. One of the suspects was also alleged to have held a knife on him. The perpetrators fled, and the three men were later arrested in connection with the crime. Business owners are advised by the SAPS not to keep large amounts of money in their stores, avoid staying open past 20:00, and report suspicious people, vehicles and activity to the police. The three men are expected to appear in the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday, 1 September.

CoGHSTA MEC intervenes in Thabazimbi Municipality Provincial Treasury, CoGHSTA and SALGA. This effort by the MEC indicates her commitment to ensure that the situation The MEC for CoGHSTA (Co-operative at the municipality improves so that the Governance, Human Settlements and municipality can be able to deliver services Traditional Affairs) in Limpopo Makoma to the people of Thabazimbi,” said Matlala. Makhurupetje deployed the Department’s The MEC extended best wishes to Khunou Chief Financial Officer, Patrick Khunou to and his team in this responsibility and said the Thabazimbi Local Municipality to serve that she hopes that he performs his duties to as a Financial Specialist for a period of three the best of his ability and assists in months. normalising the situation at the According to the Department’s municipality. spokesperson Callies Matlala, this happened In his response to the matter, municipal after the Rapid Assessment Report showed spokesperson Joshua Motsomane confirmed the municipality’s inability to honour its that Khunou started his duties on Monday, financial obligations. He added that it is also 24 August. He said that the municipality compounded by the recent ESKOM’s was not under administration but intention to switch off power as well as undergoing a financial recovery plan in subsequent engagement which included Khunou’s presence. SALGA’s involvement in this regard. The “The MEC clarified the rumours municipality is reported to be owe ESKOM yesterday and confirmed that we are not over R92 million in electricity bills. under administration. Our acting municipal “In terms of Section 105 of the Municipal manager Gopolang Booysen said that he Systems Act, no. 32 of 2000 as amended, and will handle all queries regarding the section 154 of the Constitution of the ESKOM story and all matters relating to Republic of South Africa, the MEC has an administration purposes,” said obligation to assist the municipality to move Motsomane. out of the current situation. Khunou will be Booysen could not be reached for supported by a team that comprises of comment in the matter. Lizzy Bapela

South African Working on Fire teams are always geared up with equipment to provide efficient firefighting service. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

WoF firefighters are always ready to do their job efficiently. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

Wild fires are never a problem to the WoF teams. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Filthy Vaalwater

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Car guard drowns at Bela-Bela dam Rubbish in and around Vaalwater and Leseding. Photo: Marlene Vermaak

Marlene Vermaak Overflowing bins and skips a common sight in the town and a landfill/re-cycling depot which is inoperative — that is the sad story of Vaalwater. “The Modimolle Municipality apparently buries its head in the piles of rubbish and ignores all pleas, requests or demands for some action. Its own town, Modimolle, is clean and you even see that at the end of each day the street traders clean up and there is very little litter to be seen. Why not the poor relative Vaalwater?” asked Robin Taylor from the Waterberg Nature Conservancy. “The sterling efforts of Yvette Muldoon’s Dream Vaalwater Team, that included Retha van der Merwe and Anne Scotting, have been thwarted and overwhelmed by the Modimolle Municipality’s total lack of support. There are other initiatives which are attempting to beautify and keep the town clean, but where is the municipality?” Taylor told The Post. “This is a serious matter. The piles of rubbish are not just unsightly and a turn off for tourists but a

very grave health hazard. It is a common sight to see children playing amongst the garbage no doubt along with the rats and other diseasecarrying vermin,” Taylor said. “There are other matters too, the terrible condition of the town’s roads, the plethora of signs at the entrance and through town, unkempt verges and yes, litter everywhere — except where some private concerns have beautified and keep their areas clean and tidy,” Waterberg Nature Conservancy members said “The matter has been sorted out,” said Edwin Mogoane from the Modimolle Municipality in an email. “We had a week from 7 14 August without a truck for refuse collection. The truck was repaired and the team started working on Saturday, 15 August, to solve the problem.” When a reporter from The BEAT went to check up on the condition of the town on Monday 24 August, Leseding and Vaalwater were both in an even worse state than before. Attempts to contact Nozi Molteno of the Environmental Management team at the Waterberg District Municipality were met with polite referrals to various parties in the Modimolle Municipality, Mogoane included.

Pieter Aucamp (44), a car guard of Bela-Bela, drowned at the old Bela-Bela dam on Monday, 24 August. On the photo, the forensics department is moving his body.

Andries van der Heyde What was intended to be a jolly occasion for two friends took a tragic turn when a man from Bela-Bela, Pieter Aucamp (43) allegedly drowned on Monday, 24 August, at the old Bela-Bela dam. His brother, Jan Aucamp, spoke to The BEAT’s sister paper The Post at the scene. He said that he had spoken to his brother earlier the same day, but had no inkling of the tragedy that would occur later in the day. Aucamp was seen at Shoprite in Bela-Bela earlier in the day where he was allegedly drinking with some friends. His life-long best friend, James Behrens, phoned Aucamp earlier in the day to ask if Aucamp would like to join him at the dam. They set out to the dam, where they spent a pleasant day. Two other men joined them

during the course of the morning. Behrens said that at some point he threw a plastic bottle into the dam and dared Aucamp to fetch it. At that point the bottle was roughly seven metres from the edge of the water. Aucamp accepted the challenge and dove into the water. “He even held his hand in the air just before he got the bottle,” said Behrens. “When he turned over I thought he was making a joke. When I figured out that something was wrong, I dove in with clothes and all and fetched him.” The two men who had joined them immediately went to the police station to summon help, but by that time Aucamp was already dead. Behrens said that he tried his best to resuscitate his friend, but it was no use. The forensics department moved Aucamp to the local morgue.

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Concerned stakeholders address learners on harmful religious practices Lizzy Bapela Concerned representatives of various government departments and private sectors addressed learners from Bela-Bela and surrounding areas on harmful religious practices and the Children’s Act during a recent event. Justice Shabangu of the Department of Justice said that the event was meant to create awareness of harmful religious practices in schools and legislation relating to the protection of children. The Department conducted the event in partnership with the local SAPS and the departments of Social Development, Judiciary and the National Prosecuting Authority. These departments visited various schools to address and advise the

learners as build-up to the main event. The addresses mainly focused on such things as children’s justice, maintenance, domestic violence, and protection from harassment and sexual violence. “The Department of Justice as a custodian of legislation affecting children embarked on the school visits, teaching the learners about the acts, and used the event as a platform to elaborate more on the topics. The event was also intended to allow our Justice Crime Prevention and Security Cluster units to emphasize the prevention of harm. The discussion and Question and Answer session between the learners and the stakeholders were aimed at measuring the learners’ understanding of the topics,” said Shabangu. All the attending learners were given red Tshirts with the message of the day to spread awareness.

Learners from various schools in Bela-Bela and surrounding areas received T-shirts in line with the message of the day. Photo: Llizzy Bapela

Bela-Bela police spokesperson Constable Maria Maleto interacted with the learners during her visit at their schools. Photo: Llizzy Bapela

The Justice Crime Prevention and Security Cluster visited schools to teach learners about children’s acts and legislation on harmful religious practices. Photo supplied.

NDA calls for entries into ECD Awards Light of Africa plans to further sports in Bela-Bela Phagameng, Modimolle. Mzamane Ringane The National Development Agency (NDA) in the Waterberg is calling on all Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres to participate in the 2015 ECD awards. The awards are hosted by the NDA in partnership with the South African Congress for Early Childhood Development, SABC Education, Department of Basic Education, Social Development, UNICEF and Department of Health. Entries for the 2015 edition of the ECD awards opened on 11 August and will be closing on 30 September at 14:00. The awards will be split into four categories which are Best ECD Centre, Best ECD Practitioner, Best Programme for Children with Disabilities and Best ECD Trainer. Entry forms are available at all NDA provincial and advisory centres, and can also be downloaded from the Social Development and UNICEF websites. Interested people from within the Waterberg area can also visit the NDA advisory centre, which is stationed at the SASSA offices in

Tebogo Machaka of the NDA in the Waterberg said these awards serve to acknowledge the good work done by the Early Childhood Development centres across the country. “We are encouraging people from the Waterberg region to submit their entries for these awards. People who would like to get more information are welcome to visit our offices at any time during working hours”, said Machaka. Machaka said they are hoping that these awards would also motivate ECD centres to work harder. He said all ECD centres are eligible to participate in these awards. The awards will be held at both provincial and national levels, with entrants standing a chance to win monetary prizes and scholarships. Those who are interested in entering these awards can contact Tebogo Machaka on 060 981 5267 or 074 314 3261. Alternatively they can download entry forms on www.nda.org.za, www.dsd.gov.za or www.unicef.org/southafrica/

Justin Steyn Non-profit organization Light of Africa is set on developing sports in Bela-Bela/ According to the organization’s project manager Josias Ramalekana, they are trying to develop various sporting activities within the town. This, he says, is part of Light of Africa’s drug prevention plan. “We are trying to increase sporting activities in Bela-Bela so that young people have alternatives to illegal activities such as drug abuse,” he said. Light of Africa’s first successful endeavor in the project is the establishment of eight

netball teams. Ramalekana said that they are looking to add more sports such as soccer to the project. The organization is also looking at ways to improve the town’s sports fields. “Many of the sports fields are dilapidated and ruined and we are going to reopen and upgrade these facilities in the next few months,” he said. According to Ramalekana the response form the community’s sports council has been positive, and they are excited to tackle the project head-on. “We hope we will be able to establish more teams for different sports in Bela-Bela and that they will be able to play in different national games.”

Centres like this one are encouraged to enter for the ECD awards. Photo: Mzamane Ringane

Members of the Light of Africa Super Spar netball team. Photo: Justin Steyn

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Malesela Musana, a Bela-Bela resident, writes: It is most strange that in our spotless democracy we are haunted by zombies from the politics of the dead homelands, evil creatures who, after failing their communities as councillors and mayors, exercise monkey tricks to soil elections so that they still hols their positions against the choice of the community. To supply healthy, clean water to our ward is apparently too much hay for the municipality’s fork. Our water is clean but not pure and not healthy, but the council says that it is good enough for us. When I cook, I have to boil the water, leave it to cool, filter it and boil it again and still, white, gravellike substances remain in the boiled water. Boiling the water twice at least saves me from swallowing the substances, but it increases my electricity consumption. Those who do not do this, on the other hand, run the risk of becoming sick. On top of this, we are very far from clinics and hospitals. The mobile clinic that we have to rely on is not very reliable. The municipality pressures us to pay for this troublesome water regardless of our never-ending requests to the municipality to consult and involve us in constructive talks about the issue. Instead of letting us participate in this matter as it affects our lives, the municipality has unilaterally decided to regard us as trivial and forces us to pay for the unsafe drinking water that is all we have access to. The white substances I collect from my drinking water are always available in my house for any eye that wishes to see. My township, Masakhane, is an inseparable part of a liberated South Africa and our constituency forms part of SANCO, the governing body of the nation. Our municipality should be advised that when SANCO sneezes the whole of South Africa, even the Parliament, catches cold. From the branch to the national levels it takes SANCO just a wink to steal the show. SANCO are the people who enthroned the government, and have the power to dethrone it.

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Bela-Bela to host upcoming Mr and Miss Spring Beauty Pageant ‘We want to empower Bela-Bela youth and encourage them to enter pageants so that they can be more confident and believe in themselves.’ TK Mashaba TK Mashaba Former Miss Thabazimbi 2013, Tina Makwakwa from Bela-Bela will be hosting her first Mr and Miss Spring beauty pageant on Saturday, 5 September at the Bela-Bela Community Hall. Registration is open to all between the ages of 13 and 20 years for a registration fee of R50 per participant, and the entrance fee for the event is R40 per person. “We will be welcoming spring and helping the youth to become part of the event by having fun with us while showcasing their talents,” said Makwakwa. According to Makwakwa, the main aim of hosting the pageant is to help promote a positive image of the Bela-Bela youth and create role models among themselves.

“There will be prizes to be won and this will help the youth to build a better future by partaking in community social development and engage in different sporting codes to stay mentally, physically and emotionally fit,” said Makwakwa. “We want to empower the youth and encourage them to enter pageants so that they can become more confident and believe in themselves, and have a positive attitude to their peers.” She said that it would be the first pageant, but that the plan was to hold it annually. “It will bring sustainable change to the youth in the community by promoting a life free from drugs and a healthy lifestyle.” For reservations, the public are invited to phone Shelly on 073 609 9275, Sello at 061 134 3592, and Nash on 078 838 8983.

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