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Kidnapped baby found!
Baby Dineo, who was kidnapped in April this year at the Modi Mall, has been found and was reunited with her parents on Monday, 29 September. On the photo in front is Dineo with her biological mother, Jacobeth Mongatane. In the back from left is Neria Rikhotso, Daniel Sithole and Violet Ledwaba. The social workers are from FH Odendaal in Modimolle. Photo: Denise van Bergen Denise van Bergen Baby Dineo, who was kidnapped on 23 April this year, aged four months, from the Modi Mall at Modimolle, has been found and returned to her parents after more than four months. Her 17 year old mother, Jacobeth Mongatane from Cyferskuil in Bela Bela, met the 41- year old accused, Tsakani Violet Baloyi for the first time on the day before the kidnapping, in Bela Bela. According to Mongatane, Baloyi offered her a job as babysitter at her house in Phagameng, offering to allow Mongatane to take her baby along to work. They agreed to meet on the following day, 23 April, in Bela Bela, and go from there to Baloyi’s house in Modimolle so that Mongatane could start work immediately. Upon their arrival in Modimolle they went to the Modi Mall, where Baloyi told Mongatane that she needed to make a new key. She offered to take Dineo
inside with her while Mongatane rested outside, but never returned. Mongatane waited at a restaurant near the mall’s entrance until 20:00, when she contacted the police and opened a case of kidnapping. Footage was seen on the mall’s CCTV of a woman leaving the centre at around 16:10 in the afternoon with a baby on her back, walking quickly through the centre and leaving via Entrance 3. The police investigated the matter, but Baloyi was nowhere to be found. According to Warrant Officer Bobby Nel of the Child Protection Unit on Modimolle the police received a call from Mongatane on 18 August saying that she had seen Baloyi with the baby in Bela Bela. Nel and his team immediately investigated and Baloyi was arrested on the same day at Bela Bela. Baloyi denied having been to Modimolle with Mongatane on the day that Dineo was kidnapped. She apparently said when
Baby Dineo at the time of her disappearance. Photo supplied
questioned that the child was her own, but could provide no proof. Dineo was placed in a place of safety while blood tests were done and all parties waited on the results to ascertain who her mother actually is. The results were received on Thursday, 25 September, and according to the police proved that Dineo is the child of Mongatane and not Baloyi. Baloyi appeared in court in Modimolle on Friday, 26 September. The case was postponed to 31 October for further investigation, and she was released on bail for R2 000. According to information received Baloyi, who resides in Vhembe, told her husband that she was pregnant and had given birth in April. Her husband, who lives and works in Bela Bela, accepted her word without question and is apparently still convinced that the child is theirs. The couple is insisting on further blood tests and the police has said that this is to form part of the investigation.
Social workers from FH Odendaal Hospital on Modimolle retrieved little Dineo, now nine months old, from Polokwane where she had been staying on 29 September. She was returned to her biological parents, Jacobeth Mongatane and Daniel Sithole on the same day. The BEAT’s journalist was present to share in the big moment. Mongatane was clearly overwhelmed by emotion and couldn’t get a word out to express her joy, but Sithole told The BEAT that they were delighted and relieved to have their child back. The social worker team from FH Odendaal, Neria Rikhoto and Violet Ledwaba, told The BEAT that it was a miracle that Dineo was found. During her kidnapping she was apparently known as “Wakwe” which means “It’s yours.” They cautioned that there would definitely be a period of adjustment for mother and baby before they were used to one another again.
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Police warns the community of email scammers
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These are the emails that indicate the types of scams that the police are warning the public about. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela The police in Bela Bela are once again calling on members of the public to be on the alert following a recent increase in email scams, many in regard to people winning huge amounts of money without having entered any competitions. Police spokesperson Constable Glen Manamela told The BEAT that a number of cases have been recently reported, whereby people receive calls, SMSs or emails notifying them of the hundreds of thousands and millions that they won in certain competitions or lucky draws and unsuspecting hard working community members fall victims of the scams. Constable Manamela added that online shopping is also becoming dangerous nowadays, as it was proven that some of these scammers trace customers’ personal information and banking details during the transaction processes and follow up on them to rob them of their hardearned cash. She said that the scammers would then lure the victims into giving out their personal and banking information and then rob them and flee immediately afterwards. Many of these scammers would ask for winners to deposit an amount of money to activate their prizes. These
include supposed chain stores or brands lucky draws, transfer of unknown business transactions, holiday vouchers and charity donations among others. “People should first ask themselves how they would win competitions that they did not enter, also, what kind of a competition will that be when they have to pack out money first before receiving their so called prizes. Most of these mysterious businesses are foreign and one should wonder what would they gain from giving out those huge amounts of money to just anybody? These kinds of scams are popular currently and more and more people are falling victims.” “It is very difficult sometimes to trace most of these criminals because they use false identities and clean up after committing the crimes. We plead with our communities to confirm transactions and competitions before giving out their personal information. Some criminals would call and pretend to be consultants from certain banks, of which is impossible because there is no bank in South Africa that can smooth talk their clients into giving out valuable information over the phone,” she said. The police urge people to be very careful with their money and personal belongings in general, as some scammers target people during pay days at shops. Some would pretend to be staff members of shops and ask the victims to give them certain amounts of money in return of groceries or clothes at discounted or half priced purchases.
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Working on Fire Teams hard at work fighting multiple fires Lizzy Bapela The Working on Fire (WoF) teams have been hard at work fighting multiple fires, which have seen the fire season being referred to as the worst fires in seven years. Two of the major fires were in the Waterberg District; with one at Welgevonden and the other at the Marakele Nature Reserve in Thabazimbi. The spokesperson for the programme, Matema Gwangwa, indicated on Thursday, 18 September that hot and dry weather conditions across much of South Africa created the conditions for runaway fires. The government funded Working on Fire programme attended 55 fires recently with more than 1 000 fire fighters, together with 13 spotter aircrafts, 19 fixed wing bombers and 8 helicopter bombers managed to bring 30 of these fires under control by nightfall. All the Working on Fire teams were deployed to all areas affected by the
fires in and outside the province. Five teams, a spotter aircraft and a helicopter were deployed at seven fires across the province, with other firefighting material and personnel deployed to other affected areas outside the province. Civilian fatalities, including a 1 month old baby were reported from another fire outside the province. The Working on Fire ground and aerial resources resume their firefighting activities at first light in the morning with other materials sent out to all other areas. Gwangwa said that other teams and materials were deployed at the national parks fires, while others have been placed on standby in other provinces. The MD of Working on Fire Trevor Abrahams reported that South Africa experienced the worst winter fire season in seven years with the Working on Fire programme having had to attend to over 2,000 fires since June this year.
EFF out en masse ffor or Malema Members of the EFF in Bela Bela joined their counterparts from across the province to support their leader Julius Malema. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Lizzy Bapela Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Bela Bela told The BEAT that they would be joining their fellows in their continued support for their head, Julius Malema, during his court appearance. Malema appeared before the Polokwane High Court on Tuesday, 30 September, where the case was postponed until 3 August 2015 because some of the counsel was not available. Malema and his coaccused, Lesiba Gwangwa and Kagisho Dichabe are facing charges of racketeering and fraud, among the 52 other charges laid against them. It was alleged that Malema and his coaccused misrepresented themselves to the Limpopo Department of Roads
and Transport to obtain a R52millom contract for On-Point Engineering, of which Gwangwa and Dichabe are directors. Dressed in party regalia the members left for Polokwane on the afternoon of Monday, 29 September for a night vigil at the Nirvana Community Hall, followed by a motorcade and a march into Polokwane City centre on the morning of the court proceedings. The SAPS monitored and patrolled the area in and around the court, as well as the city centre and areas of Seshego. Police spokesperson Brigadier Hanwani Mulaudzi told the media ahead of the trial that the plan was to ensure peace and stability. He added that lawlessness would not be tolerated and that those who break the law would be arrested immediately. Security was also tight at the venue of the night vigil, and the police cautioned members of the public in advance that the streets around the Polokwane High Court would be closed for traffic from 06:00 on the morning of the day. The police allowed only a limited number of people into the courtroom and they enforced strict control in cooperation with a private security company. No dangerous weapons, such as firearms, knives, pangas or knobkerries were allowed into the courtroom and surrounding area. The public were requested to cooperate with the SAPS, traffic officials and security guards to ensure that the proceedings were peaceful.
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Heritage Day celebrations Inmates beat drums for different cultural dances during the Heritage Month celebrations. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Khelobedu dance group. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
TK Mashaba and Lizzy Bapela Heritage Day was celebrated in all parts of the country on 24 September, with people dressing in cultural attire for the day. On Wednesday, Modi Mall in Modimolle hosted a Heritage Day celebration which included artists’ performances, a competition for taxi drivers and artists and crafters displaying their work. According to the organizer, David Mamabolo, this was the first Heritage Day event hosted at the Mall, which opened its doors little more than a year ago. “The turnout was excellent,” he said. “Some of the artists failed to arrive, but we have learned a few things.” Mamabolo said that he is glad to have worked with his team the mall marketing manager Sonja Beukes, and other stakeholders who made the event a success. “This day was just to celebrate our roots and to be proud of who we are as Africans.” The Crazy Midos crew stole the show with their choreographic dance, leaving the crowd baying for more, while the Tsonga Dance set also went down well. The band The Rudiments Virtuous also wowed the crowd. The local taxi drivers’ association also enjoyed their day, with George Seema winning R1 000, William Marakalla R500, and Phineas Maremane R200 in their lucky draw competition. The Department of Correctional Services, on the other hand, wrapped up their Heritage Month celebrations by spending the day with juvenile offenders at the Modimolle Correctional Centre. The
Department hosted an event at the centre on Tuesday, 30 September, under the theme “Celebrating 20 years of democracy: Tell a story that moves South Africa forward.” The event started with a briefing session with key stakeholders in attendance including officials and management from the Department, SAPS, Waterberg District Municipality and Modimolle Local Municipality, among others. Centre Officer Marala Masalesa said that the event was held as part of celebrating Heritage Month, interacting with inmates and motivating them to be better people upon their release. “This year’s Heritage Month also takes place against the backdrop of the celebrations of Twenty Years of Democracy which reinforces our collective memory of the struggle toward promoting a For a speedy & national identity,” friendly service call: Masalesa said. Jan: 073 1593 875 Each speaker •Home: 014 737 8373 highlighted the •Fax: 014 737 1577 importance of Makwela: 071 490 3030 knowing one’s culture and taking
Chona dance group. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
The traditional dance group doing their moves during the Heritage day at Modi Mall. Photo: TK Mashaba
pride in it. Following suit, the inmates also rendered performances such as choir and dance items. The Bela Bela Hospital also formed part of the Heritage Month celebrations, hosting their event at the hospital on Friday, 26 September. Staff members paraded in traditional attire, demonstrating their diverse cultures. The speakers at the event emphasized knowledge of other cultures as
Nthabiseng Mojela, Pertunia Thobela, Meisie Sebelebele, Rosina Mothokoa, Mmathapelo Khumbane and Ninki Koka. Photo: TK Mashaba part of enforcing unity. Attendees were reminded about continuous eating of traditional food that have body building vitamins and also cure certain illnesses. Hospital staff members rendered items such as drama, poetry and different dances demonstrating various cultures and ways of pursuing traditional lifestyles.
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Chief Electrical Engineer Duration: Five year performance based contract Salary: Negotiable Requirements: Must be a certified Engineer in terms of regulation E1 (2) of the Regulation published under Government Notice C929 of 1963; Must be registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA as PR.Engineer (Electric); An appropriate recognized Tertiary Qualification in Electrical Engineering with at least 3 years’ experience; Ability to develop, implement and monitor sound infrastructure development programme for the electrical networks; Knowledge of Local government will be an advantage. Code C1 Driver’s License and own vehicle. Duties: Responsible for the strategic management of the electrical division, which includes staff, resources to ensure that the provision of electricity services management and associated services are efficient and effective. Planning, design, construction and maintenance of Electrical networks and systems• High voltage switching. Management of distribution, planning, construction, project management and supervision of electrical services. Notice Number: 93/14
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Divisional Manager Local Economic Development (Post Level 1) Duration: Permanent Salary: R 373 545.40 per annum Requirements: A three years B-Degree in Economic and Management Sciences or Economic Development Studies. 3-4 Years relevant experience; Sound knowledge of the SMME, Tourism, Agriculture and Local Economic Development, project management especially feasibility studies and business plan development; Must have a clear understanding of the policies related to service delivery; Proven managerial experience in a municipal environment will be an added advantage;
Code C1 Driver’s License and own vehicle. Duties: Management of Local Economic Development issues in accordance with the relevant legislation and LED strategy; Prepare business plans to source funding for the implementation of LED projects; Design and implement SMME support programmes; Implement Economic Development Programmes, inter alia; Tourism, SMME and Agriculture; Monitor the coordination of job creation initiatives within the institution; Market Bela-Bela Municipality’s economic growth opportunities; Coordinate periodic review of LED strategy and ensure implementation thereof. Notice Number: 94/14
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Senior Fleet Management Officer (Post Level 5) Duration: Permanent Salary: R208 488.30 per annum Requirements: Diploma/Degree in fleet management or logistics; 3 year’s relevant experience; Code C1 Driver’s License. Computer literacy Duties: Develop policies and procedures for the acquisition, operation, administration and disposal of the Council’s vehicle and plant fleets; Continuous evaluation of the fleet management practices Ensuring that units have the correct type and quantity of vehicles and plant items to undertake their respective service delivery functions; Monitoring the utilization of fleet assets against corporate benchmarks; Ensuring that the fleet is correctly registered and insured at all times; Ensuring compliance of the Service Level Agreements with user units and departments; Monitoring the cost of operation of the fleet and addressing excess cost variations against the budget. Notice Number: 95/14
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Personal Assistant: Mayor Duration: Fixed term contract, aligned to the term of office for the current mayor. Salary: Negotiable Requirements: Grade 12 plus a qualification in Secretarial Studies or equivalent; 2 year’s relevant experience. Interpersonal and Communications Skills. Duties: Provision of secretarial support; Scheduling and updating the diary of the Mayor; Typing and formatting documents and reports; Provide general administrative support to the mayor. Maintain confidentiality in performing duties. Notice Number: 84/14 Personal Assistant: Speaker (Post Level 7) Duration: Fixed term contract, aligned to the term of office for the current speaker. Salary: R 148 093.40 per annum Requirements: Grade 12 plus a qualification in Secretarial Studies.2 year’s relevant experience. Interpersonal and Communications Skills. Duties: Provision of secretarial support; Scheduling and updating the diary of the Speaker; Typing and formatting documents and reports; Provide general administrative support to the speaker. Maintain confidentiality in performing duties. Notice Number: 85/14 Personal Assistant: Chief Whip (Post Level 7) Duration: Fixed term contract, aligned to the term of office for the current chief whip. Salary: R 148 093.40 per annum Requirements: Grade 12 plus a qualification in Secretarial Studies.2 year’s relevant experience. Interpersonal and Communications Skills. Duties: Provision of secretarial support; Scheduling and updating the diary of the Chief Whip; Typing and formatting documents and reports; Provide general administrative support to the Chief Whip. Maintain confidentiality in performing duties. Notice Number: 86/14
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Meter Readers (9 Positions) (Post Level 15) Duration: Permanent Salary: R 76 444.52-R 80 026.37 per annum Requirements: Grade 10 or equivalent ; 1 year relevant experience; Computer Literacy; Knowledge of handheld meter reading devices will be an added advantage; Knowledge of municipal area(Bela-Bela) Duties: Take readings of water and electricity meters according to billing cycles; Disconnect and reconnect electricity for non-payment. Place water restrictors in meters for non-payers; Assist in the delivery of service accounts. Notice Number: 96/14 Candidates should forward the application letters indicating the position they are applying for together with comprehensive CV, certified copies of qualifications and Certified ID to the Acting Municipal Manager, Bela-Bela Local Municipality, Private Bag x 1609,Bela-Bela, 0480 or hand deliver them at 58 Chris Hani Drive, Bela-Bela at the records/registry office. For further information please contact Ms. N Ramolobeng/Mr T Maheso at 014 736 8000/ 8070/8081. Faxed or emailed applications will not be considered. Further note that all shortlisted applicants will be subjected to security vetting and information verification.Bela-Bela Local Municipality is committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and employment equity, especially in terms of race, gender and disability. Applicants from these designated groups are encouraged to apply. BBM reserve a right not to make appointment. If you do not hear from us a month after the closing date, kindly accepts that your application has been unsuccessful. MM MALULEKA ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER
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Photo of the week On the impor tance importance of herita ge heritag Last week Wednesday was Heritage Day. A day set aside to remember the past and the things that used to be important, and to celebrate the way things were. It’s a nice enough idea, especially in the modern and increasingly homogenous world. Cultures blend and blur, and the world becomes ever smaller through the use of technology and the Internet. Our children will one day be more American than African. Why? Because America’s is the dominant cultural narrative of the time. Several hundred years ago, the same could have been said of Britain and France, and several thousand years ago the same could have been said of Rome. Cultural dominance is a sly and pernicious thing. It doesn’t always make itself known with banners and signs, as the British did, nor is it as completely obvious. Sometimes it’s as simple and hard to miss as the entertainment we consume. Most of the entertainment produced today is made in Hollywood, the centre of the American film industry. The stories they tell there are American stories, made by Americans for Americans. This is what we consume; these are the stories that will shape our children. Some countries have had great success in sustaining their own culture in the face of America’s creeping cultural spread, but for the most part, these have had the advantages of long history and a language barrier. South Africa has neither of those. We are a young country, as countries go — we’ve only been independent from Great Britain for less than a hundred years! South Africans are regarded as ‘native English speakers’ by the rest of the world, and we are known to have the best-quality second language English speakers as well. We are not China, with 6 000 years of history to fall back on and fewer than two in ten of their more and a billion citizens fluent in English. Nor are we India, with their own flourishing film and entertainment industry. This is why we need things like Heritage Day and Heritage Month. We need to celebrate the unique beauty of our own culture and remember that we do not have to conform to the standards set by other countries. We can be unique. We can be the Rainbow Nation.
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T he m yth of myth the muse
Children from Jinnah Park Primary School dressed in their traditional attire during their school’s Heritage Day on Friday, 26 September. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
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Let’s talk about one of the most pernicious and dangerous myths in the creative world — the myth of divine inspiration or, as some have called it, the Myth of the Muse. A lot of artists, when asked about their work, claim to have been ‘inspired’ or haul out such stock phrases as ‘it just came to me.” Which is all well and good, because sometimes an idea just pops out of nowhere and nobody has any idea where it came from. What the sensible thinker takes issue with, however, is the implication that that is where the story ends. The artist mentions having the idea ‘just come to them’ and we sit back, satisfied. This serves everyone involved very well. The artist feels special and the audience is allowed to relax, knowing that this creative thing is dependent on something that they don’t have — the inspiration. The artist forgets to mention that their novel took sixteen drafts to reach the final stage, and completely neglects the sleepless nights and truly heroic amounts of coffee consumed in the process. The actor keeps mum about months of rehearsal, of reading lines until Shakespeare ran out their ears. They leave out, in short, the fact that art is hard work. Having the idea is easy. Everyone has ideas. Terry Pratchett, the famous author, once likened ideas to rain. They sleet through the air, crashing into our brains at a phenomenal rate. The hard part is in putting the idea into practice. That takes, appropriately enough, practice. Just like the first time you walked, you fell, your first story is not going to win any prizes. Probably only your mother will like your first painting, and don’t be surprised if nobody understands what your first sculpture is actually meant to be. The simple fact of the matter is that nobody gets good without practice. Some people are unlucky enough to do their practicing in the public eye — compare the first Harry Potter book with the last. Others are fortunate enough that history has forgotten their earlier efforts. Historians are convinced that the first known Shakespeare play is not actually his first work, or even his first professional work. It was just the first work he produced that endured. Scholars fantasize about “Shakespeare’s lost plays” but let’s be realistic — they were probably rubbish. No artist pops fully formed into existence. There’s a learning curve, and it takes effort and perseverance to get good. The thing is, though, that anyone can do it. Anyone can learn to draw. Anyone can learn to write. And if your first efforts are rubbish — who cares? Everyone’s first efforts are rubbish. That’s the way the world works. If you want to try something, whether its painting or drawing or writing, or even something that’s not creative at all, like a martial art or a sport, don’t let yourself be put off by your initial failures. Those happen to everyone. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and try again. Because at the end of it all, art, as with everything in life, is “1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” It takes a lot of hard work to turn an idea into something tangible, but it’s absolutely worth it.
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DoT launches Transport Month Waterberg Roads and Transport role players recently launched the October Transport Month in Bela Bela. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela Role players in the Roads and Transport Department launched Transport Month in Bela Bela on Monday, 29 September. These role players include taxi operators from the Warmbaths (Bela Bela) Taxi Association (WATA), local traffic officials and officials from the Department. The team paraded from the entrance of Bela Bela town to the town’s taxi rank, creating awareness of road safety ahead of Transport Month in October and of course the coming festive season. Leading the team in the launch the manager of the Waterberg District Traffic and Safety Unit, Simon Kekana,
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said that the aim of the event was to encourage taxi operators to create and strengthen good relations with their passengers and to be neat at all times. Kekana also said that they are conducting this awareness campaign as part of customer care and to honour the operators. “We are trying to do away with the concept that taxi operators are useless and inconsiderate,” he said. “Transport month and the associated activities started back in the years of the former Transport Minister Dullar Ormar, honouring and commemorating taxi operators who lost their lives due to road fatalities. A day was needed when all these people will be honoured, and the minister at the time saw fit to declare the whole month as that time,” he said. He said that the aim of the event is to see strong relations among taxi associations as well as operators and passengers. The event extended to other local municipalities in the district, with Bela Bela being first. Mogalakwena’s events were conducted on Tuesday, 30 September. Kekana said that programmes to roll out the campaign to other municipalities will be attended to as the month proceeds.
WATA calls on public to reclaim their lost goods
WATA spokesperson Israel Molusi displays some of the unclaimed parcels placed for safety in their office. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela The Warmbaths Taxi Association (WATA) is calling on passengers who have lost their groceries, clothes and valuables on their taxis to come forward and lodge claims at their offices in Bela Bela. During The BEAT’s visit at their offices on Monday, 29
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September, the office was filled with personal belongings such as clothes, bedding, kitchen utensils, bags of personal items and baby provisions, among other things. The spokesperson for the association, Israel Molusi, said that it is sad to see most of the found items going to waste, as some of the parcels include cooked food and baby food. He added that they spread the message through taxi operators and posters, but says that a lot of the found items remain unclaimed. “This puts us in an uncomfortable situation because we can’t just give the food going bad, as the owners may return to claim their belongings at any time,” he said. “We have limited space in our office and it becomes difficult to work when we are swamped with parcels,” Molusi said. People who hope to claim their lost belongings will be requested to provide some kind of proof in order to avoid issues, as the association is concerned that some people might claim just because nobody had come forth to claim something. MOVABLE PROPERTY BY WAY OF PUBLIC AUCTION IN THE MAGISTRATES COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF WARMBAD HELD AT BELA BELA CASE NUMBER: 387/2014 In the case between: KUSASA COMMODITIES 160 (PTY) LTD Execution Creditor and SOPKY TDG ENTERPRISES CC T/A SHISA NYAMA Execution Debtor Pursuant to a judgement of the magistrate Court Bela Bela given on 15/07/2014 the undermentioned goods will be sold at 11H00 on 17 October 2014 by public auction to be held at Sheriff’s Office, 52 Robertson Ave, Bela Bela by the Sheriff for the Magistrates Court, Bela Bela to the highest bidder for cash. 1. The conditions of sale will be available at the office of the Sheriff 24 hours before the time appointed. 2. Registration as a buyer is a requirement in terms of the following: The Consumer Protection Act 68 of 2009; The Financial Intelligence Centre Act 38 of 2001; 3. Goods will only be sold for cash to the highest bidder. 4. Goods offered for sale are: As per annexure A1 - A6 Signed at Bela Bela on the 29th day of September 2014. J KOORTS Attorneys for Executive
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Transport MEC visits Thabazimbi Lizzy Bapela The Limpopo MEC for Transport, Safety, Security and Liaison, Mapula MobakaPhukwana, recently hosted a Public Education Crime Awareness Campaign in Thabazimbi. The event took place at Marekele National Park on Friday, 19 September. The departmental spokesperson Mafenya Lediga said that the event was part of the fight against rhino poaching and drug smuggling in the district. He added that the Department saw a need to make communities aware of the seriousness of these offences and come together with the relevant stakeholders to unite and combat the issue, which Lediga called a disturbance to society. The MEC was accompanied by management from the Limpopo Provincial Department of Economic Development and
Environment and tourism led by MEC Seaparo Sekwati, SAPS, the Waterberg District Municipality and other key stakeholders. In her address, MEC Mokaba-Phukwana said that the Crime Awareness Campaign is part of the government’s efforts to galvanize community support against crime and encouraging public participation in crime prevention initiatives. She added that it is government’s belief that such initiatives would assist in strengthening existing partnerships between the government and communities in the fight against crime, especially rhino poaching and drug smuggling in the Waterberg District. Members of the community came out en masse for their leaders’ visit and address. Attendees were transported to the event and local entertainment was given a platform to render their items.
EFF disrupts mayor’s meeting Lizzy Bapela Members of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Bela Bela attempted to disrupt a meeting held by local mayor Lucas Nhlapo, but eventually complied with calls for order. The meeting was held at Sunfa Stadium on Sunday, 28 September. The mayor held the meeting as part of his community outreach programme and public participation building up to a main imbizo which is said to be in the pipeline. The EFF members were not residents of Ward 3, who were the intended audience for the meeting. Disruptive EFF members drowned out the mayor’s speech, accusing them of lying to them as they alleged that previous incumbents did. A concerned community member urged discipline on the members and said that she could not imagine a respected leader like the mayor going through the effort of meeting with them just to lie to the public. The peacemaker called for cooperation so that concerns and complaints could be raised and a way forward found. During a Q&A session the EFF’s Bela Bela sub-regional convener Neo Moloko said that they are “not threatened by yellow T-shirts and will voice our concerns whenever we see the mayor who has pledged to serve the community.” Moloko also demanded that the mayor tell the public about the unfinished road projects and the budget to fix the roads, which was not added in the 2014/2015 IDP Budget. Big basin (loose leg) Cuddlery steel hanger Chips cutter Chuck Chuck Wors Chuck Brisket A3. Wors 1 Packet half chickens Beef 23 Packets of wors (2p/p) 4 x Loose packets of small beef 1 x Packet loose wors 4 x Service trays 8 x Sparletta loose cans 24 x Fanta cans 10 x Stoney cans 6 x Appletizer 19 x Iron brew cans 17 x Fanta grape cans 16 x Sprite cans 5 x Minute maid cans 21 x Coke cans 5 x 2 Litre bottles 2 x Stoney 2 litre 3 x 2 Liter fanta orange 2 Litre sprite Steel shelve x2 A4. Steel shelve Steel tray Dishes Chicken meat in a big container Broke 1 white dish Broke 2 glass ashtrays Big steel pots 2 x Steel shelve Drain trap Small dustbin Big dustbin Big steel hob Extension cord A5. White paper cups Plastic containers
2 x Fire extinguishers 1 x Bag potatoes Tomato paste (sachets) Cabbage Bucket oil 1 x Bag onions Tissues (half empty) Drinking sraws Few steelwools 5 x Buckets spices Tile cleaner (half) Pine gel (half) 1 x Bottle marinate & half 2 x Bottles cleaning services Pine gel (bucket) A6. Tomato box Green peppers Box sachet salts Peri peri 2 x Fire extinguishers Small plastic with cleaning essentials Mixed spices Office table. MODIMOLLE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY AMENDMENT SCHEMES NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT OF THE TOWN-PLANNING SCHEME IN TERMS OF SECTION 56(1)(b)(i) OF THE TOWN-PLANNING AND TOWNSHIPS ORDINANCE, 1986 (ORDINANCE 15 OF 1986) I, NICOLA LUDIK being the authorized agent for the registered owners of the following properties hereby give notice in terms of Section 56(1)(b)(i) of the Town planning and Townships Ordinance,
“This ward could have been developed along with others all these years if our leaders wanted to develop it. Our municipality does not have the budget for service delivery and road maintenance,” he said to the mayor. “With what money are you (the mayor) going to fix the damaged roads if there is no budget?” Moloko concluded his speech with a threat to reshuffle officials and management in the municipality when they “take over in 2016,” and accusations of incompetence. Lasi Maswangawayi, also from the EFF, added more accusations of dishonesty and empty promises. He added that Nhlapo was ‘appointed behind closed doors.’ “The ANC is failing the people and we do not respect it anymore,” he said. He added that they did not care that the meeting was to address the concerns of residents of Ward 3, and would demand that he engage them whenever they see him or wanted to. Nhlapo gave a measured response, saying that he had learned respect and discipline as a child and would not reply to personal attacks. He also reprimanded the EFF members for taking up time set aside for the residents of Ward 3, as they could set up a meeting with him at any time while the community members could only engage with him on such occasion. He promised to continue giving the EFF time to voice their concerns and respond where necessary. 1986, (0rdinance 15 of 1986) that I have applied to the Modimolle Local Municipality for the amendment of the Townplanning scheme in operation known as the Modimolle Land Use Scheme, 2004 by the rezoning of the properties described below, situated within the jurisdiction of the Modimolle Local Municipality as follows: MODIMOLLE AMENDMENT SCHEME 310 Consolidated erven 1/384 to 9/ 384 and R/384 Vaalwater, located in Sering and Mavros Streets Vaalwater, Modimolle, from “Residential 1” to “Special”, for business uses and/or light industrial uses and service industries and / or selfstorage units or residential units at a density of 25 units per hectare, subject to certain conditions; MODIMOLLE AMENDMENT SCHEME 311 Erf 26/1150 Nylstroom Extension 2, located in Jeppe Street Modimolle, from “Special” for the purposes of refreshment, shops, hotels, dwelling units, residential buildings, places of public worship, places of instruction, public garages, social hall, dry cleaners, offices, industries (excluding noxious industries), places of refreshment for own employees only and warehouses to “Residential 3” with a density of one dwelling
unit per 140 sq meters ;/ 70 units per hectare, subject to certain conditions; MODIMOLLE AMENDMENT SCHEME 315 Erf 3838 Nylstroom Extension 27, located in King Fisher Cresent Koro Creek Golf Estate, Modimolle, from “Residential 1” with a density of one dwelling unit per erf to “Residential 1” with density of one dwelling unit per 600 sq meters, subject to certain conditions; All relevant documents relating to the applications will be open for inspection during normal office hours at the offices of the Modimolle Local Municipality, The Divisional Manager: Townplanning, Ground Floor, Modimolle Municipal Building, Harry Gwala Street, Modimolle for a period of 28 days i.e. 26 September 2014 to 24 Oktober 2014. Any person who wishes to object to the applications or submit representations in respect thereof must lodge the same in writing to Private Bag x1008, Modimolle, 0510 or lodge it with the Modimolle Local Municipality at its address and room number specified above on or before 24 Oktober 2014. Name en address of agent: NICOLA LUDIK, Alto Africa Town Planning & Development Consultants, P.O. Box 3007, Modimolle, 0510, Tel: 076 606 6372. (26/9 & 3/10)
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Speakers address students
Teachers from Khabele Primary School showed off their academic attires and obtained qualifications. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela Representatives of various institutions in Bela Bela addressed students at Khabela Primary School on appropriate behaviour and dress. These talks were held during the school’s career day and an event to bid farewell to the Grade 7s held at Hideaway Park on Thursday, 25 September. Among those attending were local traffic officer Thabo Tshabalala from the Bela Bela Municipality, the Director for Trauma Emergency Medical Services Tapelo Maponyane, Pastor Mpho Pholosi from the Living Word Bible church and Kevin Kekana from Childline, among others.
The speakers highlighted the importance of having academic qualifications and exercising restraint, and building themselves up as a person of strong moral codes and dignity. They also urged the students to improve themselves and work hard toward reaching the success they deserve. Tshabalala also explained appropriate dress for certain occasions to the students. A person’s dress, he explained, describes who he is and dressing improperly for the occasion can compromise respect for the individual. He added that behaving well and taking their studies seriously helps to build one up into a good person. In his address, Maponyane also described his line of work and advised students interested in becoming paramedics on the correct path to follow to reach that goal. He also emphasized the importance of having education as weapon to conquer obstacles on their path to success. Kekana taught the students about respect and ambition so that they can reach their goals. Kekana also made a point of informing the students about various forms of abuse that they may face in their lives, and explained possible paths to follow when these challenges come up in their lives. In her speech, the school’s principal Elizabeth Motshegoa told the students about her past, and how she did not let her poor background become a disadvantage to her or prevent her from achieving her goals. She encouraged them to take tough situations as lessons and motivation for their lives to come. All the speakers wished the students well in the higher grades next year. Students rendered items such as dance and music to entertain the audience.
BELA BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Private Bag X1609 Bela Bela 0480
INVITATION TO PROSPECTIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BE REGISTERED ON THE SUPPLIERS DATABASE FOR PROCUREMENT OF GOOD AND SERVICES. Bela-Bela Local Municipality hereby invites interested service providers to register on the municipality’s supplier database. The application form should be accompanied by: (i) CK/ Proof of company registration, (ii) Original valid tax clearance certificate, (iii) Original B-BBEE verification certificate, (iv) Certified ID copies of the members/ shareholders of the company, (v) CIDB certificate(where applicable), (vi) Company profile, (vii) Proof of payment, (viii) Consumer services account not older than 3 months, (x) Declaration of Interest (MBD 4 & MBD 9), (xi) Proof of banking details. Suppliers who applied for 2014/15 financial year need not re-apply. Service providers are further requested to submit only one application with a maximum of two (2) commodities or specialty, accompanied by a proof of payment which equals to R100.00 per application. PLEASE NOTE: • According to the Municipal Supply Chain Regulation issued by the Minister of Finance, in terms of Section 168 of the Municipal Finance Management Act (Act no 56 of 2003), persons within the organs of the state, such as councillors , other elected representative(members of the provincial legislature and national parliament), full time employees, national and provincial public servants, municipal officials and other directors of the public and municipal entities are prohibited from bidding or to provide services to the municipality unless proof of declaration of interest is attached when submitting the form • The forms are obtainable at procurement office at the main municipal building, 58 Chris Hani drive, Bela – Bela during office hours(07H30 to 16h00, Monday to Friday) and on our website www.belabela.gov.za • Completed registration forms may be handed, delivered or posted to the address on the application form no later than 31 October 2014. • Failure to submit the required documents will invalidate the application. • For enquiries please contact, Jones Mokwele or Danny Mogashoa at 014 738 8000 MM. MALULEKA ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER
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Mmamakwa Primary School helps the needy only in Heritage Month. “It has always been our priority to have a sustainable project to help Heritage Day at Mmamakwa Primary School in Bela Bela was more than a these children,” he said. Masota said celebration — that food it was a time production in for the school It has always been our schools have to share with always been those in need. priority to have a an essential The school sustainable project to tool to help gave 20 provide more disadvantaged help these children. to the needy, children although at vegetables times the from their own project has faced challenges. garden on Thursday, 25 September. “We have faced irrigation According to Daniel Masote, a problems, and stolen materials member of Education for which have caused delays and Sustainable Development and Global issues,” he said. Network, also an educator at the Masote has been to Rio de Janeiro school, said that this was a good representing the Waterberg on issues time to share what they had with the of food sustainability and learning needy, although they do their best to other methods of food production. help throughout the year and not TK Mashaba
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NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 33 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT, NO. 56 OF 2003 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in terms of Section 33 of the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, No. 56 of 2003 that the Mookgophong Local Municipality (“the municipality”) intends amending the existing Lease Agreement relating to the current lease of Portion 60 of Erf 922, Mookgophong (“the Trek Inn Garage”) in order to align the Terms of the Lease Agreement with current developmental objectives and priorities of the municipality. The main objective of this process is to enable the Lessee to develop a shopping center on the said property as part of the municipality’s Local Economic Development (LED) strategy. The Amended Lease will also address other pertinent matters that will guide the project development process/procedures on the same property such as land use change (rezoning, closure of street consolidation), valuation and demolition of existing structures, rental arrangements, etc. The Amended Lease Agreement (“the contract”) will impose financial obligations on the Municipality for a period longer than the three (3) years covered in the annual budget for the financial year 2014/2015. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN in accordance with Section 21A and Section 21 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, No. 32 of 2000 that (a) The local community and other interested persons are invited to submit comments or representations to the Municipality in respect of the proposed draft Lease Agreement. Such comments or representations must be received by no later than 21 October 2014 via electronic mail on the email address provided below or be delivered to the mailing address provided hereunder. (b) Copies of the draft Lease Agreement and information statement summarizing the Municipality’s obligations in terms of the draft agreement(s) are available for inspection at the Municipal Libraries/Offices and will also be accessible on www.mookgophong.org.za (official website of the Municipality). (c) Further details and clarity may be requested via email from the Office of the Municipal Manager
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SAFA in the Waterberg selects regional team
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R28 million stadium for Bela Bela “The stadium will bring many new opportunities to reduce, among others, unemployment.”
A projection of what the stadium is planned to look like. Photo supplied TK Mashaba
Selected Under 15 players will be representing the Waterberg District. Photo: Lizzy Bapela
Bela Bela will soon, if reports are to be believed, be able to boast a grand new stadium which will bring great opportunity to the Sunshine Town. Plans for the 25 000-seat stadium was unveiled this week by the town’s mayor, Lucas Nhlapo, and construction will soon be underway. “The stadium will bring many new opportunities to reduce, among others, unemployment, which we know is a major issue in our town,” said Nhlapo. He added that half the money will be provided by the municipality while the rest will be provided by a variety of stakeholders. The stadium is to be built on the site where Moloto Stadium is now and will be accessible to all members of the public.
Mayor Lucas Nhlapo unfolding the plan of the new stadium to be built soon in Bela Bela. Photo: TK Mashaba The stadium will have, among other features, player warm-up areas, a VIP area, media centres, a public gym, medical rooms, referee and coach offices and running rails. Administration rooms will also be available for those who would like to make use of the facilities for meetings or events. According to Nhlapo the stadium will have the standards of accommodating, even Professional Soccer League (PSL) games. “Bela Bela will have the chance to come and watch their favourite teams playing close to home, which is much more convenient when compared to when they had to travel to Peter Mokaba stadium in Polokwane or Loftus Versveld in Tshwane,” he added.
Time running out for teams to register for the SAB League
The Under 13 team who will be representing the Waterberg District at the provincial level. Photo: Lizzy Bapela Lizzy Bapela The SAFA Under 13 and Under 15 soccer team selections have gone to the next level with the association’s Waterberg branches having selected a team to represent the district at the provincial games at the provincial selections on Sunday, 12 October in Thohoyandou. The district selections took place at Bela Bela’s Sunfa Stadium on Saturday, 27 September. Local Football Association teams from Bela Bela, Modimolle, Mookgophong and Mogalakwena took part, while Thabazimbi and Lephalale did not turn up. The LFA teams will have players representing them in the district squad, with experienced coaches including Malose Masoga from the Department of Education in Mogalakwena, who is responsible for all the teams in the district.
The Under 13 teams will be led by Jimmy Shiburi from Mogalakwena, assisted by Bafana Maduna from Modimolle, while Sello Mabitsela of Mogalakwena will be assisted by Deon Bodiba of Modimolle in training the Under 15 team. According to reports, the selection was initially scheduled for Saturday, 20 September but was postponed due to circumstances. There were no talent scouts at the selections this year and the SAFA Waterberg delegates conducted the scouting for the district squad, with help from local referees. After Thohoyandou the competition will move up to the national level, in Kimberley in December. One of the coaches, Deon Bodiba, expressed his excitement over the achievement and commended his team for making it this far. Bodiba has been coaching soccer teams at school and community level for years now and is also involved in Buildit’s primary school tournament.
Sam Modise is ready to help Diesel n Dust achieve more in the new season. Photo: TK Mashaba TK Mashaba Teams in the SAB League have only four weeks to complete registration before kickoff on 8 November. According to Refiloe Khoza the teams have to make sure that they had all the necessary documents for their players before kick-off. Bela Bela Pirates FC will be playing without some of their main players, as will Total Surrender, as some player shuffling has occurred since the end of the previous season. A team to watch this season will be Diesel n Dust, who have managed to acquire a
Some of the loyal players of Pirate who have stayed with the team (black and white jersey). Photo: TK Mashaba number of players from Surrender. The SAB League have added a fourth stream, Stream D, which will have Thabazimbi’s teams playing separately. Teams from Lephalale, who previously had to travel long distances to play against Thabazimbi, will now be playing against those around their own municipality in their own stream. This will greatly simplify the logistics of their matches. Struggling teams like Zaba FC in Thabazimbi which ended last season on a negative note will now have a chance to work on their stability and team building with less worry about logistics.