The Beat 3 July 2015

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‘One of the boys allegedly lured the victim to a bridge near Zuma View, where the other five suspects were waiting for them.’

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CRIME

3 July, 2015

Minister Nzimande launches Waterberg TVET College, Thabazimbi Campus Lizzy Bapela The Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Nzimande officially launched the Waterberg Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College, Thabazimbi Campus in Regorogile, Thabazimbi on Sunday, 21 June. The campus will open its doors in January 2016 and its formal completion according to the Principal Selaelo Lekoloane, is expected to be September 2015. She said that the new college will focus on training Mining and Engineering professionals and artisans who should get employment in the mines around Thabazimbi. She added that according to the plan, the TVET College will start to enrol 250 to 300 learners in 2016 and the number is expected to grow to 1500 overtime.

Minister Nzimande said in his address that since the inception of the Department of Higher Education and Training, which is tasked with spearheading and overseeing postschool education and training in South Africa in 2009, they are proud to say that great strides have been taken in this direction. He added that they continue to advance in achieving their overall objectives of building a fair,

equitable, non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa. He also said that one of their major focuses is to bring institutions of higher education and training to areas that have historically been neglected, especially rural areas such as Regorogile throughout the country.

“South Africa is faced with an extensive shortage and an inadequate distribution of engineering professionals. The country has an undersupply of new and appropriately trained engineers. The establishment of the college therefore provides an excellent opportunity for the development and training of a new generation of engineers and many more professionals. These professionals will make a positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of the many South Africans still marginalised by poverty and lack of access to engineering services” said the minister.

In his State of the Nation Address on 17 June, President Jacob Zuma indicated that education remains an apex priority of government. He said that government will continue to invest in education and skills as the key to economic growth and development.

He added that the event in Thabazimbi was another example of the fulfilment

of that commitment.

Thabazimbi Municipal spokesperson Joshua Motsomane said that the college will recruit students from communities within their area and in addition to the National Vocational Certificate and Report 191 qualifications, will provide innovative training programmes. Learners were encouraged to take up mathematics and science as more opportunities are now available for them in the field. The minister said that the government is investing in teacher training so that they can produce students for the college from the local high schools.

Thabazimbi Mayor Patricia Mosito also congratulated the Minister and his department for bringing the college to the community that was in dire need of a higher learning institution. She joined the Minister in unveiling the plague for the college, who later addressed the community during an Imbizo held the same day at Regorogile Sports Ground.

Acting executive mayor of the Waterberg District Municipality Councillor Sello Molekoa, representatives of the Limpopo Provincial Legislature, councillors, stakeholders and thousands of community members from various wards in Thabazimbi Local Municipality attended the event.

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Plasma thieves in court

SAPS official Jan Modimola displayed some of the stolen items. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela

The Waterberg TVET College Thabazimbi Campus is under construction. Photo supplied

Higher Education and Training Minister Doctor Blade Nzimande with Thabazimbi Mayor Patricia Mosito During the unveiling of the plague of the college.

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The leadership led the community to an imbizo after the launching of the college. Photo supplied

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Suspects in cases of housebreaking and theft involving theft of various plasma TVs are expected to appear before the Bela-Bela Magistrate’s Court shortly following their recent arrest.

Bela-Bela detectives’ commander Lieutenant-Colonel Abel Phetla said that some of the stolen TVs were discovered from a house in Extension 5 and they were stolen in May. Three suspects were arrested as a result and are still in police custody. The suspect who was transporting the goods, Tebogo Mabetwa, was released on R2 000 bail when he recently appeared in court. He is expected back in court on Monday, 20 July.

In another case LieutenantColonel Phetla said that the police received information about a number of the TVs

being seen in Brits and followed on the lead, which resulted in a woman who was found watching TV, being arrested. She was also found in possession of suspected stolen bags and speakers. He added that the items were stolen at Element Golf Estate and Mabalingwe Game Reserve during Easter holidays. He also said that the police are still tracing the woman’s partner, who was reported to be sleeping at different places to avoid an arrest. He further said that the woman was charged for housebreaking as she was found in possession of the items and was later released on bail. Also, that the police in Brits are the ones handling the case of possession of suspected stolen property, as she was arrested in their area.

The suspects were remanded in custody after appearing in court in Hammanskraal on Tuesday, 30 June.

Some of the recovered plasma TVs were identified and claimed back by their lawful owners. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Teenage boys apprehended for rape

The bridge where the incident occurred. Photo: Andries van der Heyde Lizzy Bapela The Bela-Bela police recently apprehended six boys aged between 9 and 16, following the gang rape of a 15-year old girl in the Bela-Bela area.

Bela-Bela’s new police spokesperson Constable Maria Maleto said that the incident was reported on Sunday, 28 June, and the suspects were apprehended on Monday, 29 June.

Constable Maleto said that the police

received a complaint about the incident and learned through their investigations that one of the boys lured the girl to a bridge in the Limpopo Drive near the sewerage in Zuma View. When the girl arrived there with the boy, the other boys were allegedly already waiting for them. It is alleged that they took the girl by force to a nearby shack where the ordeal took place.

The police said that the girl did not have any signs of assault on her.

Constable Maleto told The BEAT that the

The underside of the bridge where the victim was ambushed.

Photo: Andries van der Heyde boys were all being charged with single counts of rape.

The suspects were referred to the Department of Social Development for assessment and counselling since they are still underage. They have been taken to a place of safety where they are attended to by social workers who would assist them.

A source in the government highlighted that children under 9 years old do not have criminal capacity and therefore cannot be charged in the same way as a normal criminal would be. The source added that

in such cases, the police assess and evaluate the suspects according to the Children’s Act and make their recommendations for further action.

The suspects’ formal bail application is expected to take place on 7 July.

Constable Maleto said that the police are working hard to crack all cases, and that they give priority to all their cases. She also urged community members to report all criminal activities they encounter and continue cooperating with the police to ensure success.

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GOVERNMENT / POLITICAL

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Mogalakwena council appoints acting municipal manager Lizzy Bapela Mogalakwena Local Municipality appointed Peter Makondo as their Acting Municipal Manager during a Special Council meeting that was held on Friday, 26 June. The Waterberg District Municipal Council approved Makondo’s secondment during their council meeting on Friday, 19 June, and he will be with the municipality for a period not exceeding three months. He was working as a manager in the office of the Executive Mayor in the district municipality.

Mogalakwena Municipal spokesperson Malesela Selokela said that Makondo’s appointment was conducted in an effort to expedite service delivery and development. He added that the candidate’s secondment was welcomed by council, including the opposition parties and he will be succeeding Puledi Selepe who was also seconded by the Department of Corporative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA) in December 2014.

“During the appointment, our municipal council emphasized that Makondo should ensure the seamless functioning of the municipality. They further acknowledged that his vast experience combined in various management positions

will add great value to the community of Mogalakwena. Makondo hails from Bokwidi Village, Ward 8 of Mogalakwena Municipality and has been in local government for 23 years and is passionate about service deliver,” said Selokela.

Makondo worked as an Administrator at the then-Akasia Town Council now amalgamated to Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in 1993. He then moved to South African Local Government Association (SALGA), where he served as the Committee Officer from 1997 to 2004 before joining the Waterberg District Municipality in 2004 again as the Committee Officer, then Divisional Manager: Council and later Manager for Executive Support.

Makondo expressed his humbleness following the appointment as manager for the esteemed municipality. He also acknowledged the role played by his predecessor for allowing a smooth transition.

“I look forward to working with the newly elected Mayor, members of the Executive Committee, all Councillors and staff of the municipality to speed up service delivery. I ensure service excellence in all our operations, drive economic growth, put people first and together build better communities,” said the humble manager.

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Bela-Bela resident calls for investigation Thabo Mabelane, a Bela-Bela resident, writes: I am writing this email to ask COGTA to investigate over spending and or corruption at Bela-Bela Municipality.

A tender (contract number 9/3/1/135) was advertised for the provision of a power factor correction system at the municipality’s 11Kv main substation to maintain the power factor to better than 0.98 during peak demands periods which will in turn reduce the municipality’s monthly electrical bill.

Since this is a specialised field, few companies responded which included the inexperienced Molaper Traders which eventually won the tender. The company is owned by Mr Tshepo Molapo. The tender was awarded despite the fact that Molaper Traders does not have experience in the field. Previously, Molaper has had contracts with Gauteng Infrastructure Development and a few hospitals in Gauteng, but most of those projects were terminated by the departments due to poor performance and Molaper did not disclose this when responding to the Bela-Bela Tender.

To add more to this, Molaper Traders was deregistered by the time it was awarded the tender at CIPC and its bank account was also deactivated because the company had not been trading for some time.

The tender proposals were opened publicly on the closing date and proposals for different companies were read. Some have offered to purchase the system outright (which is the most cost effective option) and some offered to pay a minimum fee as a deposit and a certain fee over a certain period to finance the balance.

Molaper’s proposal was a lease option over three years which will see them sharing the savings with the municipality (which is ideal since the municipality won’t incur any financial contributions directly). Molaper Traders proposed to get 43% of the savings while the municipality will get the 67%.

The problem here is that Molaper Traders thumb sucks the savings which results in high false estimated savings of which they themselves cannot be able to explain how they came to that figure. Currently they claim to be saving the municipality thing between R850 000.00 to R 1,2M on a monthly basis which results in them billing the municipality a minimum of R 320 000.00 per month which is highly impossible. This means that by the end of the contract which is a 36 month contract the municipality would have paid Molaper a minimum of R 11 520 000,00 this amount could go to the excess of R15m over the 36 months period.

The cost of procuring this system according to specification provided by the municipality is between R850 000 and R900 000.00. This system consists of two capacitors of which the failure rate is very

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Mogalakwena Local Municipality appointed Peter Makondo as their Acting Municipal Manager. Photo supplied

‘Big Brother’ sees you Ronél van Jaarsveld Security cameras at the Out There camping store in Modimolle picked up a man breaking into a vehicle before entering a silver Ford.

The photo was distributed widely though the WatsApp mobile application and residents broadcast the location of the vehicle on the groups when it was spotted. The vehicle’s passengers

managed to evade members of the neighbourhood watch and the police.

On Tuesday, 9 June, security guards at the Modi Mall saw the vehicle parked there. They clamped the car’s wheels and contacted the police. The car’s owners asked the security personnel to unclamp their car.

Detectives arrested two suspects who had been sitting on a bench in the centre.

The two men were expected to appear in court on Monday, 15 June.

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low, they only to be checked once in every 6 months at a cost of R5000.00. There are no parts to replace and the system can work for more than 20 years without failure. This means that if the municipality had opted to buy the system, they would save a minimum of R 10 500 000.00 over the 36 Month period including the maintenance.

Since Molaper Traders did not have the funds to procure the machine, they negotiated a lease contract with GLPS which had a contract with Bela-Bela for the past years. Their system has been installed there for more than 15 years and it is still working fine without failure. GLPS is one of the companies that proposed a good and cost effective solution to the municipality but did not get the contract.

Early this year the current acting CFO of the municipality, the chief electrical engineer and the municipality’s expenditure department engaged their service providers to re-negotiate their contracts. This was after they have realised that they did not have enough funds left in their budget for the current financial year. They looked at current long term contracts and wanted to see if they could terminate those that are not urgent or renegotiate their rates to make sure that they don’t run out of funds before the financial year end.

Molaper Traders was one of the service providers that were called in.

Unfortunately Molaper Traders was not able to give a convincing report on their services, but were able to reduce their rates to 35%.

This did not affect their invoices which were later paid to them.

Molaper traders has no offices and employees; the only employee on the payroll is Tshepo Molapo. This means that the Municipality is overspending knowingly/unknowingly to benefit a single individual.

If this matter is investigated accordingly it would be found that Molaper Traders is defrauding the Municipality which is a serious crime. They should be prosecuted and also refund those funds paid to them so that they can be put to good use.

Bela-Bela is one of the poorest municipalities with a high unemployment rate, in the past there have been protests about service delivery and the community would feel betrayed if this kind of corruption continues.

I think GLPS should be contacted to give a full report on the savings, which does not seem to be the same as what Molaper Traders is presenting to the municipality.

They have an extensive experience when it comes to power factor correction and should be able to give a true reflection of the project.

I am aware of the dangers involved and what happens to whistle blowers, but I am prepared to provide more information to make sure that our public funds are not misused.

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EDITORIAL

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Half the year, gone It’s that time again. The winter chill is upon us, and as a nation we keep to our homes and our warm clothes, bundling up against the cold.

Traditionally, a lot of serious thinking has gone on during the winter months. Many great inventions have been invented simply because of the interminable boredom of the cold months – colder in the northern hemisphere, as a rule, which may explain so many inventions from that side of our planet.

Winter, however, is also a time to take stock of your life. It is the time to look at the year that is past – although in our case it is the year half-past – and determine how it has gone.

Have you accomplished what you wanted or needed to this year?

Have you progressed in your career or your studies?

The shortest day of the year, the Winter Solstice, has recently passed here in South Africa. Of old, it was the time of the new year, the time when everyone came together to celebrate the beginning of the end of winter and the idea of the coming of spring.

We are fortunate indeed that here in South Africa, this day comes in the middle of the year. We are afforded the opportunity to reflect on the portion of the year so far and determine to use the rest of the year as best we can.

We are not left to contemplate a year already gone by, all opportunities over and done with – we still have a chance to make 2015 a good year.

Take a moment here, at the end of the first half of 2015, to look at what you have done so far this year. Is there anything you planned, that has not yet come to pass? Is there a way to make the rest of 2015 a productive year, so that in December, when the new year rolls around for real, you can sit back with a sigh of satisfaction and say ‘I did well this year.’?

There is always a way to make tomorrow better than today.

Take the rest of 2015 in both hands, and make it the best year you have ever had.

The Spa Park community awaits repairs to their roads, which have devolved into dirt roads. Photo: Lizzy Bapela

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Malesela Musana, a Bela-Bela resident, writes: Among all the wards of Bela-Bela Municipality it is only the most miserable one that has witnessed a clean and healthy running water supply – Masakhane.

One resident, Johannes Maimela, opened his water tap to find a live snake emerging from it along with the water. We do not know how many live snakes there are in our reservoir, spicing up our water with their excrement – nor do we know how many dead snakes there are in the reservoir, rotting into the water with which we wash ourselves, wash our clothes, and cook our food. This foul concoction, we are being asked to pay for even though we have asked the municipality to consult with us about fair rates for water.

A municipality must follow the provincial and national rules for effective governance. It must have competent officials and technical capabilities, and it must listen to the people attentively and attend to their problems with some sense of urgency so as not to allow the problem to accumulate over time.

Weaknesses that undermine the efficiency and effectiveness of the municipality must be addressed quickly. By-laws formulated after involving the public will surely be pleasing and will help the councilors gain the trust of their constituencies.

More talks between the government and the people is of primary importance to bolster growth and development and create decent jobs, as well as promoting properly directed service delivery.

I will never stop appealing to the municipality to root out corrupt and rude elements in our municipality, as well as incompetent elements responsible for squandering our valuable resources.

To have such people in local governance is like relying on rotten teeth to chew with.

What matters is not who is in the council, but that those in the council must be capable, well-disciplined, and dedicated, as well as committed to our Batho Pele principles.

The servant of the people must obey the will of the people.

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Devco urges residents to do their part

Mandela Day poster. Photo supplied Mashaba TKTKMashaba Coming off their successful 21 Freedom Shoes Campaign and the process of launching the 014 Open Air Gym, the Bela-Bela Development Committee are also planning a project to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day. The Keep Bela-Bela Clean campaign is a one-day project aimed at encouraging resident of Bela-Bela to commemorate Nelson Mandela Day by playing a role in keeping their community clean.

“The project is necessary because ‘cleanliness is next to Godliness’ and a clean community is a healthy community,” said project leader Collins Shiri. “This is in line with the values that the Father of the Nation Nelson Mandela stood for – A free and democratic South Africa for all who live in it.”

“The whole country will be doing something on July 18 to celebrate Nelson Mandela Day. Some will be knitting blankets, others will be giving to charity. We in Bela-Bela will be picking up

rubbish for a much cleaner environment and using the opportunity to improve and strengthen social cohesion within the community,” said the Director of Marketing and Communications Pule Lekalakala.

“The goal of the project is to clean Bela-Bela by picking up rubbish starting from Moloto Street all the way to Motsephiri Street.

Residents can contribute by volunteering to help pick up rubbish within their sections and encouraging their friends and family to also participate in this project as it is a very large undertaking. We will need as many people as possible, and people can also donate resources such as refuse bags to guarantee the project’s success,” said Lekalakala.

The project will start on the 18th of July at 07:30 AM, and Bela-Bela residents are encouraged to come and enjoy a fun and fruitful day of keeping the community clean.

For more details readers can contact them on 014devco@gmail.com or call Collins on 183 761 4882.

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Devco lashes out at filthy schools Mashaba TKTK Mashaba The Bela-Bela Development Committee (Devco) has observed with horror the unhealthy state of sanitation facilities at local BelaBela schools, especially at primary schools.

According to the Director of Education for the committee, Thabang Sephai, they have been monitoring conditions at the local schools since April.

“It saddens us that 21 years into democracy children as young as seven are subjected to such unsightly things as dirty, unusable toilets each day of school,” said Sephai. “The toilets we observed at Khabele, Hleketani, Bela-Bela High School and Maope Secondary Schools are filthy and they stink.

They also have no running water or toilet paper.”

Sephai said that access to toilets, or being confronted with toilets that are blocked, stinking or dirty, infringes learners’ rights to an environment that is not harmful to their health or wellbeing which is enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

“Failing to provide this right is a failure to protect their right to learn under conditions that respect and promote the inherent human dignity of each child,” he said. “Poor sanitation and infrastructure undermines learners’ self-esteem, their motivation to learn and signals that they are not cared for, and in addition the lack of proper

The dirty toilets look as though they have not been cleaned in months. Photo supplied maintenance of toilets at schools. facilities poses a great health risk to “The initial infrastructure must pupils. Poor sanitation especially be set up by the provincial impacts the academic progress of Department of Education, but female pupils, who may opt to stay then maintenance is actually the home when menstruating in order to responsibility of the school. It avoid filthy toilets.” must be a shared responsibility.

The committee met with Circuit Manager Michael Nkhumishe on the Schools should be given funding earmarked for sanitation 4th of June to discuss their purposes,” said Sephai. dissatisfaction with the situation.

The committee is willing to “He made it clear that our only assist the Department to ensure option is to escalate the situation to the district office, as he has no power that the dream of clean and to implement any direct action,” said usable school toilets for pupils become a reality.

Sephai.

Khumishe was not available He also mentioned that there is no during the time of going to press. budget to cater for the cleaning or

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Allegations for bribery Team Limpopo does in the SAB League well at nationals TK Mashaba

Mabatlane’s soccer team in the SAB League, M.Mmamoet Arsenal, has laid a complaint with SAFA Regional after it was alleged that they were asked for a bribe by Modimolle Celtics, who was supposed to play against them in their last match on Saturday, 27 June, at Ephraim Mogale Stadium.

Arsenal owner and coach, Andries Seputla, said that soccer will never develop in the Waterberg with such things going on.

Seputla’s team is quite likely to win in Stream A, but it has been sent from pillar to post during a series of hearings regarding a dispute between Arsenal and Happy Heart over a game which has yet to be replayed.

On Saturday, Arsenal was to meet Modimolle Celtics for their last game.

Seputla alleged that while they were preparing in the dressing room Seputla was approached by Celtics management, who asked him for R4 000 in order to play, and lose with a wide margin, alleging that they had received

a similar offer from another team.

“This surprised me as I came to play and nothing more,” Seputla said. “I refused to pay them and the game ended up being a walkover as Celtics did not want to play without bribery,” he said.

“My biggest concern is that they told us that Qualitho has promised to give them the same amount of money, but they never explained to me how that R4 000 will help them or Qualitho,” said Seputla.

He also said that the way soccer is run in the Waterberg can kill someone’s inspiration and the dreams of upcoming soccer stars.

Arsenal has been in top form since the beginning of the season and was leading until Qualitho beat another team 10-0. Seputla is now alleging that they might have bought the game, causing the other team to lose, and thereby gained more goals to get to the top of the log.

The BEAT phoned the SAFA Regional office, who said that they had not received a complaint from Seputla. They did, however, acknowledge that the game between Arsenal and Modimolle Celtics ended in a walkover, giving Arsenal three points and two free goals.

‘I came to play and nothing more’

Modimolle Primary School performs well in McDonalds’ League

Modimolle Primary during their game at cluster level at Sunfa Stadium in Bela-Bela. Photo: TK Mashaba TK Mashaba Phagameng’s Modimolle Primary School has made it to the Provincial phase of the McDonald’s Schools League after being victorious at the circuit levels at Mabatlane a month ago.

They will be representing the BelaBela cluster at Seshego in Polokwane on a date that has yet to be finalized.

On the cluster level, Modimolle beat Thabazimbi Primary 4-0 before going on to beat Bela-Bela’s Mmapatile Primary School 3-1.

“The McDonald’s Schools League is aimed at helping schools focusing on the early scouting of local talent, and to help the schools to see the potential of young soccer stars,” said Hendrick Kgoebane, Bela-Bela Schools League co-ordinator.

The McDonald’s Schools League is an annual event sponsored by the McDonalds’ restaurant chain. The league was played for the first time several years ago, and has been picking up more members ever since.

“We are happy that a team from the local cluster is going to provincial stages, and hope that they do well when the schools reopen and the league resumes.”

Team Limpopo’s key player and Man of the Match Malesela Monama. Photo: TK Mashaba The BEAT spoke to team’s coach Raymond Mdaka, who said that they were looking forward to their next game Limpopo’s Under-23 soccer team is against NorthWest on Tuesday and doing well at the SAFA/SAB National Western Cape on Wednesday, 1 July, championships where they in Gauteng. won 2-1.

The team beat “This was ‘This was our first time, the Free State our first game team 2-0 on and we did and we did well although Monday, and well, although we suffered three injuries.’ are expected to we suffered do well this three injuries. year. They were We are still knocked out last year in the first leg of planning to do wonders and wish to reach the tournament. the finals,” said Mdaka.

The Limpopo team consists of four Team Limpopo did not perform up to players from the Waterberg area. expectations last year in Mafikeng, as they Qualitho contributed Simon struggled to convert opportunities into Mashaba, while Modimolle points.

Troublemakers have contributed The competition is an annual tournament Johannes Selamolela and Terrence which serves to expose players to talent Modise and Mookgophong has scouts who plan to take players to higher given their top performer Malesela levels.

Monana, who was chosen as Man of Many players who have been tournament the Match during their game against have joined PSL teams, while others have the Free State. gone as far as the national team.

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