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ANC leader speaks on corruption
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Public Park an eyesore
ANC’s Mogalakwena Sub-Regional Secretary Joe Mojela expressed his thoughts about alleged corrupt leaders and their activities. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela The ANC’s outspoken Mogalakwena Sub-Regional Secretary Joe Mojela expressed his thoughts with regards to leaders engaging in corrupt activities and the methods of dealing with such people and events. Mojela’s expressions, referring to activities happening in the local municipality and the ANC, are a sequel to the ANC victory celebrations, which among others focused on elements that led to the party dropping heavily in voters and membership. It has been reported ahead of the elections that the ANC had lost membership to opposition parties such as the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and their drop in elections results proved that. Mojela said that this is because of their leadership’s conduct, which he says is very disappointing. “Instead of expelling the corrupt councillors, our leaders want to expel the anti-corrupt councillors. What they are doing is like a witch looking at the bible. I have no doubt that it has contributed in poor election results because people are gradually losing interest in this organization since some corrupt individuals are being protected by our leadership in the province. “I was shocked by the former mayor Tlhalefi Mashamaite’s response during a radio interview when he was asked about the millions he allegedly looted
from municipal’s coffers. His response was that “the contract of the municipal manager is illegal”. Why could he not respond regarding the corrupt activities,” asked Mojela. The ANC’s alliance structures promised during the part’s victory celebrations that they will work hand in hand with the municipal leaderships to bring quality services to the community and to root out corruption. They also promised to help fight to prevent administrator Dikgape Makobe from assuming his duties in Mogalakwena municipality since the Department of Corporative Governance Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) should implement that decision in other municipalities which are dysfunctional. The former CoGHSTA MEC Ishmael Kgetjepe appointed Makobe to the municipality, after placing it under administration, prior to the general elections and the decision did not sit well with other officials and heads of the municipality. In his response to matters involving the municipality, the municipal spokesperson Malesela Selokela said that the community still believes that their municipality is capable of delivering better services to them. He said that the community had not expressed any complaints ever since the appointment of the new mayor and everything seems to be fine in the area. Selokela refered other queries back to the ANC.
This previously flourishing park has now become an eyesore for the community. Photos: Justin Steyn Justin Steyn The public park on the corner of Ludorf and Driver roads in Bela Bela has become an eyesore to the local community. Residents in the area are faced with the unpleasant sight and sound of the reeking pond and its untidy grouds. The president of the neighbouring bowling green, Nick Pretorius, said that he is concerned about the state of the area, and displeased about the foul smell permeating the area around the pond. Pretorius added that residents have discovered snakes in their homes and suspect that they come from the park. “I really hope that something can be done about this as it could affect the way the town is perceived. Our bowling club often hosts tournaments and visitors are always complaining about the smell coming from the park.” DA Councillor Kobus van der Merwe said that the facility had been used for many years but had been closed down due to overspending. “The area was successfully used for many years for recreation and children were afforded the opportunity to meet
animals kept on the premises. There were peacocks and geese and turtles, and many parents took their children there every day to see the animals, while older people went there just to relax,” he said. Van der Merwe added that the care of the park had been financed and handled by the municipality. The municipality decided that the park was too expensive and closed it down. He further explained that the park has been abandoned and not maintained, which gave criminals a refuge in town, while the old building once used by municipal workers is now used as a drug den. The water of the pond has been described as rotten and a breeding ground for disease, posing a serious threat to the community’s health. In 2013, an agreement had apparently been made to build a storm-water trench at the bowling green, to divert the water flow to a municipal storm drain. The plans were apparently dawn up and the project funded, but the project was never completed. Private contractors offered to fill the dam free of charge, but could not acquire the proper permissions. Spokesperson of the BelaBela Municipality, Matome Sebelebele, said that any grievances concerning the area must be sent in writing. He added that the municipality takes environmental issues seriously but can only act when complaints have been lodged.
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Fight over long term land occupants’ eviction
Councillor John Sesane had a confrontation with members of the EFF on the day of the said eviction. Photo: Justin Steyn Lizzy Bapela Emotions ran high in Bela Bela as the municipality announced the building of a multi-purpose community centre (MPCC) in Extension 6 on Monday, 26 May. Families currently occupying the land were left in confusion, while some politicians misunderstood the construction for a political battle. The BEAT was called to the scene, where the families were allegedly being evicted without notice and proper legal
procedures. The newspaper spoke to one of the occupants, Salaminah Ngobeni, who has stayed there for 15 years and feels that it is not fair for her to be chased out without being provided with a permanent residence. Ngobeni, an unemployed mother of eight, said that the late councillor Ella Mukhawana gave her permission to occupy the land to avoid break-ins and promised that she will receive payment for that. “The ward councillor John Sesane told us to pack our things and be ready to
Bela Bela team takes home R250 000 in Build-It competition
move out, as they are going to demolish the building and get the land ready for the construction of a hall. This morning when he came with a Mr Mashishi from the municipality, he said that he must find us packed and ready when he comes back at 14:00, because they are moving us into another communal residence. I heard that the land belongs to a church. The owner can always chase us out and then we will end up on the streets. Where must I go with my children and our furniture if the municipality does not want to give us the house I applied for years ago? I voted for the ANC again in the recent elections but yet again they disappoint me in these 20 years of democracy. Why do they keep on breaking their promises?” asked Ngobeni, breaking down in tears. Sesane said that they have been engaging with the occupants since 2013 and have proof of that. He added that he never told anyone to move out but that they must be ready to move at any time because preparations for the constructions are in place. Sesame further said that they told the occupants that they have materials to accommodate them at a communal piece of land, which belongs to the municipality and not the church owner as people say. “We had also organized a truck to help them move after the shacks have been built. The place that they are seemingly refusing to move out of is not even healthy for them. It is a very old building that can fall in at any time but they refuse to live in a community at a safe place. We engaged with councillors and committees from other wards to accom-
modate them there but they refused, saying that their available spaces have to help people from their areas. We had also proposed for them to stay where municipal workers are renting out, which the rent money is R1 000 a month and unfortunately they would not afford it, as many of them are unemployed,” he said. One man occupying the land is reported to have been chased out by his wife from their home, while another one sold his RDP house and cannot benefit for a second time while others are still in waiting lists. The third one is a young girl who is refusing to stay with her mother, saying that she has kids and her own man, too old to be under her mother’s roof. Sesame said that if there is still space at the new land, then these three can move in. he said that the municipality cannot afford to accommodate everyone who gets chased or move out of their home. One witness who chose to remain anonymous said that it looked like some politicians wanted to take the glory of helping the families, where the rest of the community needs the MPP that will relive their burden. “We spend hours walking long distances from one department to another when sorting out either work, municipal, police or grants matters and this makes us feel that our government is not doing enough to assist us. Old and disabled people struggle to do so and that is not good. These families knew that the land does not belong to them and that one day they will have to move out, so let it be so we can get a useful center for the whole community,” said the witness.
Hundreds gather to celebrate ANC victory
Salamina and her team during the renovations. Photo: TK Mashaba
ANC members sang and danced during their party’s victory celebration. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela
Salamina and the winning team. Photo Supplied TK Mashaba The 72-hour non-stop Build-It competition has paid off for the Bela Bela team, who won the grand prize of R250 000 worth of building materials. Salamina Sephuma and her team took first prize in the competition, which has been televised on eTV for the last few weeks. The team consists of Sephuma, her son and four other team members, who will all share the
prize. Last week on Sinawe 72, time ran out for the four families who went head-tohead for 11 weeks. The reality show’s final episode was broadcast on Wednesday, 28 May. The goal of the program was to choose the family who could make the biggest improvement to their home with a budget of R50 000, in 72 hours. The team from Bela Bela was led by Freddy Putuka, a Build-It staff member.
Hundreds of ANC supporters from across the Waterberg Region gathered in two different venues in Mokopane to celebrate the party’s victory in the 2014 elections. One of the gatherings took place at the Bakenberg’s Tribal Hall on the afternoon Saturday, 17 May. The ANC’s supporters ululated and cheered during the arrival of leadership from various structures including the Mogalakwena Local Municipality led by the mayor, Councillor Malose Mabuela, Young Communist League, ANC Youth League, ANC Women’s League, South African National Civic Organization (SANCO), South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) and South African Communist Party (SACP). Another celebration took place at Mahwelereng Tavern and was organized by the ANC Regional
Secretary Tally Mashamaite and his faction, according to the outspoken ANC’s Sub-Regional Secretary Joe Mojela. Addressing the crowd during the event, the disappointed Mojela told the gathering that he organized the event himself and that it was unconstitutional for Mashamaite and his “faction” to organize another victory celebration on the same day as theirs was held. He however thanked everyone who participated in this year’s elections and voted for the ANC. He said that even though they were celebrating, the reality is that they have not won. Mojela further highlighted that they only won because they are on top position because statistics show that they have dropped. He also indicated that compared to the 2009 results, they must do a “post mortem”. “The ANC’s majority shrunk to 62.1%, while the DA grew its vote significantly to 22.2%. The EFF, which was founded eight months
ago, came third and they are now the official opposition party in our province,” Mojela concluded. Mashamaite could not be reached for comment in the matter. Mojela said that if leaders do not ask themselves why the party dropped and do not strive to improve on the poor results, they will lose votes again and majority of their municipalities will be led by opposition parties after the 2016 local government elections. He said that the regional leadership is suffering from a “looting syndrome”, highlighting to the attendees that the ANC’s regional and provincial conferences held in December 2013 were unconstitutional. He added that the leadership threatens to expel whoever differs with them from the organization because they have friends in the province. Mojela further said that no one is above the ANC’s constitution and they are going to stage a war against those who organized the illegitimate regional conference. The ANC’s alliance structures also thanked those who participated in this year’s elections. They promised to work hand in hand with the municipal leaderships to bring quality services to the community and to root out corruption. They also emphasized that they are still waiting for the Waterberg’s Regional Conference. Mashamaite could not be reached for comment in the matter.
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Municipal employees demand new uniforms
Municipal employees gathered to voice their concern over uniform shortages. Photo: Justin Steyn Justin Steyn Bela Bela municipal employees gathered in front of the local community on Thursday, 22 May, for a day of strike action. Employees from a number of departments, such as Parks and Cemetery, Water and Sanitation, Roads and Storm-Water and Refuse Removal voiced their dissatisfaction. They say that they have not been issued new uniforms or protective gear. Some of the employees allege that they have been working in the same uniforms for as long as three years.
Lizzy Bapela The Limpopo Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) is on track with the preparations for the 2014 initiation schools programme. In terms of the Department’s arrangements, the initiation schools are scheduled to commence on Friday, 20 June and end on Friday, 18 July. The Department’s Spokesperson Motupa Selomo said that the scheduled dates are aimed at ensuring that the custom does not
Mogalakwena Mayor blames parents for moral decay
Dancing and chanting. These employees protest at the Bela Bela Municipal building entrance. Photo: Justin Steyn Despite closed doors, the public was allowed access to the building without disruption and a meeting regarding the issue was held by the council on the same day. The Bela Bela Municipal Spokesperson, Matome Sebelebele, said that the complaints made by the employees had been noted and added that a decision had been made regarding the situation. “We acknowledge the shortage of safety gear and uniforms for our employees,” he said. “We have placed an order with our supplier and delivery should take place within the coming weeks.”
Limpopo is ready for 2014 Initiation Schools Season
CoGHSTA Spokesperson Motupa Selomo says their department is ready for 2014 Initiation Schools Season.
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interfere with the schools’ learning calendar. He added that this year, the Department has received 311 applications to conduct initiation schools across the province. “Of this figure, 275 applications have been approved and thirty six (36) applications were declined. We have since issued the 275 approved permits to the respective Traditional Authorities. The breakdown of this approved Initiation Schools per district is as follows: 59 in the Waterberg, with 85 in Sekhukhune, 60 in Mopani, 43 in Capricorn and 19 in Vhembe. The approved legitimate initiation schools will be published in local media, municipal offices and traditional authority offices across the province,” Selomo said. The Limpopo House of Traditional Leaders has conducted a workshop for all senior traditional leaders who qualify for initiation schools permits. Selomo said that the purpose of the workshop was to brief and prepare the initiation school stakeholders and participants on precautionary measures to be followed in order to have a smooth process during the initiation period. He added that the workshop will go a long way in ensuring that Limpopo maintains a death free initiation season. “We call upon parents to verify the legitimacy of initiation schools with their respective traditional authorities before they send their children. There will be zero tolerance to people who want to take chances by running Initiation Schools without permits. The Department would like to put it on record that any school that starts before the said starting date will be regarded as illegal,” said Selomo. All sectors of society are called upon to work with the Department to ensure that they prevent the unnecessary loss of lives.
People from all walks of life come together to practice their different cultures on Moral regeneration Day, celebrated annually. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela The mayor of Mogalakwena, Councillor William Mabuela, blames parents for moral decay in the society, saying that children are out of line cannot be allowed to do as they please, as long as they stay under their parents’ roofs. The mayor said this during a moral regeneration event that was held at the Aboo Tayob Hall in Mokopane on Friday, 23 May. The municipal council, led by the mayor, had convened to seek solutions to problems of moral decay and also to commonly work to build an ethical society. In his address Mabuela said that parents and stakeholders are aware of how important the gathering is, adding that it will take place annually in order to build a better country. The mayor also said that a number of despicable acts had taken place in their municipality and something needed to be done urgently to build a caring, humane ethical society. “After a lot of work of establishing the movement throughout the country, we are now in a position to come together to reflect on what we have achieved since then; and to look at the road ahead. Nowadays when we and our children become rich and educated we turn to forget our culture, whereas our fellow brothers and sisters from our neighbouring countries hold on to theirs once they become successful,” he said. “This meeting should chart the way forward and produce a clear strategy that will locate the Moral Regeneration Movement (MRM) at the centre of all moral renewal programmes and activities in the country. The movement should be in a position to unite all initiatives and monitor progress we are making as various sectors,” he added. The mayor further said that the movement was founded on the
principles that South Africans are highly moral beings who know the difference between right and wrong and are appalled by the symptoms of moral decay, which sometimes occur in the country. These include the blatant disregard for the sanctity of human life, the abuse of women and children, crime, substance abuse, lack of respect for the next person and their property and so forth. Mabuela emphasized that while government plays its role, it continuously works in partnership with civil society, as they need to work together in confronting these challenges. He further applauded everybody’s presence at the event, especially educators, saying that they had contributed a lot in building the nation and play a very important role in people’s lives. He also said that various initiatives are in place in the fight against the abuse of women and children, substance abuse and anti-crime initiatives such as those of business against crime and many other projects throughout the country. “As you deliberate in meetings at your respective homes, bear in mind that this partnership needs to be strengthened and consolidated so it can achieve its mission of working to enhance all the positive values that are enshrined in the Constitution. It should promote the right to life, human dignity, equality, justice, the rights of women and children, freedom from discrimination, and all other freedoms that are guaranteed in our Constitution. MRM is a valuable nation building initiative that advocates affect all South Africans, regardless of political affiliation, gender, race, culture and other forms of differentiation. This programme brings us together, to eradicate moral decay and build an ethical society,” Mabuela concluded.
“This programme brings us together, to eradicate moral decay and build an ethical society…
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Photo of the week Are you part of the problem?
The Ceremony of Innocence
Last Saturday in California a young man by the name of Elliot Rodger took a gun to a college campus and killed six people, including himself, and injured 13 others. Before he did it, he posted a video on YouTube, as well as an online manifesto that ran, if reports are to be believed, to over 140 pages. In it, he complained that ‘girls didn’t like him’ and that they wouldn’t go out with him. The YouTube video is several minutes of the most virulent hate speech I’ve ever experienced — directed at women. Apparently this young man somewhere got the idea that women owed him something. They owed him their smiles, their time. They owed him access to their bodies if he wanted it. Interestingly, a number of men seem to agree with him. And, dear readers, a wonderful thing happened. From across the world, women spontaneously stood up, a global “You said what?” of sheer outrage. The Twitter hashtag #YesAllWomen came into being. It started trending. It’s still trending. It seems that women have had enough of the number one threat to their safety being men. In the words of an American comedian: “Any woman who goes out alone with any man is insane! She’s taking her life into her hands! And yet our survival as a species depends on women doing exactly that.” The number one global threat to women is still men. Men fear heart disease, women fear rape and murder. It’s the way the world works. There’s backlash, of course. “Not all men rape,” apologists would bleat. “Not all men threaten women,” they said. And the reply: Not all men menace women, but all women are menaced by men. The stories on the #YesAllWomen tag are horrific, some of them. Others you find yourself nodding along to as you read. Walked with a key in your hand in case someone grabs you and you need a weapon quickly? Oh, yes. Especially at night. Invented a fake boyfriend because he didn’t believe you when you said no? That one too. The most vital one I’ve seen, though, is this one: We teach our daughters how not to get raped. We don’t teach our sons not to rape. Women do not owe men a thing. They don’t owe their time. They don’t owe their smiles. They certainly don’t owe their bodies.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. This poem, written by Willliam Butler Yeats in 1919, rings very true for some of us today. We live in a world given over to chaos. There are threats everywhere, from the distant threat of terrorism to the immediate threat of crime. There is even the nebulous uncertain threat of a government which becomes more divorced from the true will of the people every day. The worst among us, those who inhabit the extremes of left and right, are overflowing with, as Yeats put it, ‘passionate intensity.’ There are the feminists who hate men, and the men who hate women, and in the middle there are the men and women who would really like everyone to just get along. There are Islamic jihadists, and fundamentalist Christians, and in between, those who don’t care what god you pray to as long as you try to be a good person. There are black people who hate white people, and white people who hate blacks, and those of us who strive to follow Nelson Mandela’s words and strive for a ‘non-racial South Africa.’ There are those (most of them in government, which is a fact that should scare us more than it does) who believe in absolute government control, who long for the kind of totalitarian regime that Stalin only saw in his fever dreams, and those who would prefer to do without any kind of government at all, and leave each person to live or die as Darwin wills. The problem is, of course that the ones to either side are brimming over with their hate, their belief that they, and only they, have been vouchsafed the Truth, while those in the middle, the best of us, are, at best, involved. We don’t have the fire and vim of those who believe in the One True Path, because our determination to see every part of the story robs us of the kind of single-minded focus you need to be a really good crusader. We need to speak up. Those of us, those precious, rational few of us, who believe that there is a safe middle path between the two extremes of hatred to the left and hatred to the right, of slavery to right and chaos to left, need to speak up and make our voices heard. We need to show our children the middle ground, we need to stand up and be seen, because if we do not, one of the sides will win, and there will be no place for those in the middle when left or right has won.
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Focus was the word at Bela Bela career day
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Crèche receives donations
Children of Tswelopele Creche showed off their gifts from Nando’s during their special fun day. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela
The grade 11 and 12 students during career day. Photo: TK Mashaba TK Mashaba More than 200 students from three different high schools in Bela Bela descended on the Bela Bela Community Hall on 24 May for a career day organized by the Bela Bela Education Advocacy Group (BBEAG). The students, mostly from Bela Bela High School, Maope High School, and Raeleng High School, with some from Hoërskool Warmbad, gathered information about possible careers. YBS (Young Black and Successful) Magazine editor Tshepo Matjila, who has been a member of BBEAG for a long time, touched on five important factors in his speech.
“First you need to be focused if you want to succeed in life,” he said. “You also need perseverance as it is never easy to get to the top. When you have a good relationship with your friends and teachers you’re bound to do well because they will inspire you to do your best.” He also mentioned that humility was important, as well as goals and hard work. The students were later divided into groups to receive information about possible career tracks and ask questions of the presenters. “We are happy to have people who care a lot about our future,” said one student. “Now it’s up to us as students to work hard and achieve the best we can.”
The owner of Tswelopele Pre-School, Mamoraka Masubelela-Mapheto, says that her school is being showered with blessings after years of hardship. Mapheto said during an interview with The BEAT on Monday, 26 May, that Nando’s organized a fun day for the children, to make up for an Easter party that they could not have. Mapheto said that since the school’s trip to the Carousel, blessings are coming fast and furious. “All these years of running the school, we experienced many different kinds of hardships that would make one think of quitting, but we hung in there. Working with children is difficult, as each child is unique and they come from different families with unique backgrounds and customs. One needs to have love and the children’s best interests at heart if they want to successfully establish, run and sustain a crèche. We’ve had visitors from different organizations, bringing gifts. Parents and community
members are also sending messages of support, encouraging us to keep up the great work.” Nando’s area manager, Matshidiso Makgakga, said that their restaurant frequently arranges some sort of celebration for the local community, and identified the school as this quarter’s beneficiary. She said that they conduct a variety of community outreach projects, during which they make donations of items such as clothes to worthy causes such as Huis Tekna. We choose a variety of community based organizations to benefit from our initiatives, depending on the urgency of the organization’s needs. This fun day is just a small gift for the kids and we will come back soon to check what the crèche needs, and assist where we can,” said Makgakga. The Nando’s team brought the children a jumping castle for the day, and some goodies to enjoy. They also painted their faces and interacted with children and staff.
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Netball A-team of Meetsethehla Secondary School holding the trophy won on 17 May against Lesideng High School. On the photo is their coach Ms J Moremi. A sports day was held on 17 May between Lesideng High School and Meetsetshehla Secondary School. This time Meetsetshehla’s Soccer Ateam as well as the Netball A-
team came home victorious, but unfortunately the B-teams were not as lucky. Both the trophies for Volleyball were also won by Lesideng High School.
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District Executive Mayor honours sports icons
Under 16 national handball team coach Mike aka Panyaza Modisha received an award for his outstanding job. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Bela Bela Volleyball icons showed off their awards after receiving them, photo: Lizzy Bapela
SAFA national executive committee member Jack Maluleka of Bela Bela made his hometown proud in his achievements. He received an award himself, and also for his counterpart Lucas Nhlapo, who was absent during the ceremony. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
The Chairperson of the Waterberg District Sport Council Ally Pole was awarded for his huge contribution towards handball as the national technical director. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Under 19 basketball coach Sinky Mokopane was among the triumphant. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Johanna Ditsela was crowned as the 2013 golden champion. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela Athletes from across the Waterberg district as well as sportsmen and women from the province came to witness District Executive Mayor Tlotlanang Mogotlane honour athletes from across the district for their extraordinary achievements. The awards ceremony took place during a gala dinner held at the Settlers Agricultural High School on Friday, 16 May, with representatives from the Provincial Department of Sports, Arts and Culture, the Limpopo Academy of Sports and the Waterberg District Sports Council, as well as members of other sports councils and federations in attendance.
Aside from paying tribute to those who excelled in their sports this year, a road map towards the District Sports Awards to be held from next year was also introduced, outlining a plan to confer fitting accolades on sports people who commit themselves to making the district proud during the year. Tokens of appreciation were presented as a start in honouring some of the attendees. “We want to pay tribute to all of them through these tokens for the sterling work in our district, as well as on provincial and national level, as well as for their dedication to the ideals of a united and non-racial South Africa,” said Mogotlane. “It is in the same token that we are revived by our strength and the readiness
of our district teams to partake in provincial and national leagues and competitions. This is a way of supporting our sportsmen and women in their endeavours to achieve excellence.” Speakers at the event indicated that sport has played an important role in unifying the country since 1994 in efforts to build a non-racial, non-sexist, free and democratic society. They say that sport now plays an important role in removing children from the streets, adding that by keeping the youth occupied with sports and away from drug and alcohol abuse. The South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) donated sporting attire to two high schools within the district — Batho Pele
in Pienaarsrivier and Mpadi High School in Mogalakwena. The donation consisted of volleyball, netball, soccer and cricket kits. While presenting the kits, Mogotlane expressed her appreciation to SASCOC for their contribution, saying that this will go a long way toward the promotion of sports in schools. She concluded by paying tribute to everyone who contributed to the project, including the Limpopo Academy of Sport, the management and SGB of Settlers Agricultural School, staff and officials from her office. The event finished off with Limpopo’s famous jazz musician Combo and his band entertaining the audience.
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Barcelona beats Real Hearts in 12-goal thriller TK Mashaba Stream C’s Barcelona were walking on sunshine after delivering a 12-0 smackdown to Real Hearts on Saturday, 24 May. The win gave them a three-point lead over Domingos, who are sitting at 28 points to Barcelona’s 31. The other results were as follows: In Stream A, Total Surrender beat Trouble Makers 1-0 while M. Mammoet Arsenal beat Home Defenders 2-1. Elmar Auto was thrashed by Qualitho, losing 3-1. On Sunday, Home Defenders bear A1 Terrors
2-1 while Total Surrender lost 4-1 to the same team. NTK Happy Boys played a 1-all draw against Qualitho. In Stream B, Simple Yellows lost 3-1 to Siwelele FC while SASE was victorious over Juventus at 3-2. Mookgophong All Stars beat Mosesetjane 1-0 on Sunday, while Simple Yellows played a goalless draw against Juventus and Maxoma lost 3-1 to Siwelele. Yster United beat Mookgophong All Stars 2-1. In Stream C, Super Eagles played a goalless draw against Sea Robbers while Domingos lost 2-1 to Ocean Birds.
Happy Hearts face relegation
Happy Hearts players during one of their SAB League games. Photo: TK Mashaba TK Mashaba Happy Hearts FC will soon be bidding farewell to the SAB League, having had a terrible season in the first and second rounds in Stream A. Happy Hearts, who were promoted to the SAB from the Local Football Association, tried to keep their heads above water in the bigger league, but things did not go well and they trailed the pack for almost the whole season. They are left with only one game to play out of 26. Having won only four matches and drawn two, leaving an impressive 19 losses, they have a mere 14 points. Last Saturday, they lost 1-0 to Boys to Men and remain the team to have played
the most matches this season. Happy Hearts may not be the only team facing relegation this season. Dimakatso Sundowns from Mokopane in Stream B are also staring that fate in the eyes, having failed to maintain a good position this season. Sundowns, despite a few outstanding matches, remain at the bottom of the log, having won only two matches to ten losses, and standing on 6 points. Mountain Powers in Stream C have not played most of their fixture matches. They have only played one match so far, which ended in a draw, and have only one point. Attempts to find out why the team have not attended their matches have failed.