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Children’s home adopted
DCS tries to eliminate crime, poverty and other social ills } Boipelo Mere THE Lerato Place of Safety based in Kimberley will now be able to achieve their long-term goal of developing a friendly environment for the facility’s children. This will be done through intervention from the Department of Correctional Services which officially adopted the centre in an effort to prevent and eliminate crime, poverty, underdevelopment and inequalities. The Lerato Place of Safety has a capacity for 65 children and is reported to be the only rehabilitation centre for children in the Northern Cape. According to the principal of the facility, Sheila Mothobi, the centre caters for children who need care and protection after being on the wrong site of the law and having facing a number of social challenges. She highlighted that the centre’s children were referred to them by the courts. “They are children who have experienced diverse trauma and come from distorted backgrounds. We are here to break that trauma,” she says. The acting national commissioner, Nontsikelelo Jolingana, says the department is adopting the Lerato Place of Safety as a key beneficiary for their growing outreach programme aimed at connecting the Department of Correctional Services with institutions of their society. “We acknowledge that our average inmate is a young substance abuser who has dropped out of school before reaching high school, is functionally illiterate and more often than not homeless,” says Jolingana. According to Jolingana, the adoption process was an intervention effort of the department to prevent the children from being sent to correctional centres through crime. She says the department will in the
A TEAM of the Department of Correctional Services flanked the regional commissioner, Subashini Moodley (second from right), and the acting national commissioner, Nontsikelelo Jolingana (right), when they started the cleanup process at the Lerato Place of Safety. future continuously contribute by sharing their food production skills with the centre. The Lerato Place of Safety will be assisted in building a food garden and will also benefit from the department’s donations of meat, vegetables and other agricultural products where the department has produced more than required for consumption by the inmates internally.
“We will share with them expertise to help them achieve self-sufficiency in this field of food production,” promised the acting national commissioner. In an effort to build a society that is based on democratic values, social and economic justice, equality fundamental human rights, Jolingana says centres such as the Lerato Place of Safety must be
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developed into trusted and functional one-stop centres for child justice. “We are happy to be adopted by the department in an effort to intervene early. “We don’t want our children to steal, so we try to identify a leader within those influencial children by turning negative strength or influence into positive influence,” Mothobi says.
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Gangsterism stirs parents
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INTERVENTION from parents of a Galeshewe high school has been emphasised after the school became notorious for a high rate of gangsterism. An increased rate of absenteeism and drop-outs by learners was reported at a recent parent meeting. The parents were forced to speak out themselves, due to learners’ fear of victimisation. Learners are reportedly chased and stabbed by gang members during school hours. Parents said they were sick and tired of the Department of Education that had been informed, but dragged its feet in any kind of intervention regarding the matter. They revealed that they were requested during the meeting to do voluntary patrolling on the school premises to protect their children. A learner of the school linked the gangsters called CMs, BBCs and KKKs in all schools to each one another. “If there is no kind of intervention at schools, a big war is going to erupt one day, because they meet outside of school hours,” said the girl. “The sad part is that, even though the police are called or the patrol team intervenes during a fight, the victimisation continues outside of school. This month my son has never been to school due to victimisation, as he is continuously chased with knives.
“Another learner of his age ended up leaving town for his own safety. “Even the teachers know what is happening, but they are too afraid to speak up,” a parent said. She added that she was well aware that the previous principal used to try his utmost to involve the Department of Education in 2013, but it did not help. Another parent said that she had taken it upon herself to approach some of the learners who were reported to belong to one of the gangs. “They are still young, between the ages of 16 and 19. I found them hanging around at the hostels, dressed in their school uniform and all. “It took guts for me to approach them to ask why they were throwing away their future.” The parent explained that the boys had been sincere. She said she was surprised at the way they had communicated with her, revealing that they were left with no choice but to join other gangs as they were tired of being bullied by a certain gang. She added that the group of boys said they would welcome any intervention measures, “but for now this is our way of survival”. The Northern Cape Department of Education reported that there were no recorded or reported
’The sad part is that . . . the vic timisation contin ues outside of school.’ cases of gangsterism at the school. “We cannot validate such claims until we have cases reported to us,” stated the department. The Galeshewe Cluster CPF reported that they were setting up intervention programmes regarding the issue of gangsterism at schools, especially at the specific school. According to Gregory Nyongane of the CPF they rate this as naughty gangsterism as the learners are bored, seek attention and abuse alcohol which leads to crime. He further revealed that the cluster would soon unveil its moral regeneration programme and that Dr Matholo Motshega had been invited to address moral issues amongst young people. “The JPS Cluster and the media will be involved to inform communities of our new strategies,” he added. The CPF further urged the Sol Plaatje Municipality to fast-track
the process of the installation of CCTV cameras as promised by former mayor Patrick Everyday four years ago. “I can remember his promise very clearly, because it was during one of his beautiful speeches when he said that CCTV cameras would deal with visibility through technology. “It is also about time that the Substance Abuse Strategy is launched and implemented to the fullest by the Department of Social Development so that issues of substance abuse can be dealt with.” Express Northern Cape could not get any comment from the specific school, as it was constantly reported that the deputy principal was busy in class. Even after messages were left, the school did not respond. By the time of going to print, the SAPS reported to be still giving the media enquiry the necessary attention.
S DO you know of gang-related activities or are you involved in any way? S You can contact Express Northern Cape and share your experience. Send an email to Boipelo.Mere@volksblad.com. ) Your identity will be protected.
RESIDENTS of Taung and the surrounding areas are encouraged to heed the call and contact the Merithitho Community Pharmacy for their annual flu vaccine and flu-pack. The pharmacy is located in the Taung Mall in Main Street. Due to the wet weather across the North-West province, more cases of flu are expected. According to Lulu Kgosieng, the pharmacist at Merithitho, they also offer services for counselling and dispensing of medicine. They also offer cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure monitoring and do ear-piercing as well.
Building named } Boipelo Mere THE office building of a member of the executive council, the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture, is now officially known as the Brian Hermanus House. The building block has been named after the former MEC who had served the department from 1999 to 2000. He and his private secretary, Mervyn Erlank, died in a car accident while driving to Calvinia on 26 July 2000. Hermanus was a founding member of the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
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Smiles all around as organisations share donation } Boipelo Mere SMILES were on everyone’s faces when seven local charity organisations heard they will share R175 000. The handover was made last week by Sun City Cyclists at the Flamingo Casino. According to Flamingo Casino, the cyclists brought with them a cheque for R50 000 which will be equally split between the animal welfare organisation SPCA and the St Vincent de Paul’s Society who help many of Kimberley’s poorer communities with food and clothing. A further R125 000, donated by the Flamingo Casino Corporate Social Investment, will be shared among Swanel Enterprises who assist in the development of
disabled cyclists, Meals on Wheels, Women to Women , the Hands On Steel Band and Mo Africa Youth Development. The last beneficiary nominated the disabled cyclist Thabo Sesing who received a bursary towards his electrical studies at the Northern Cape Technical College. For more pictures of the beneficiaries go to www.express-news.co.za.
FROM the left are, front: Lahlu Mabula (Fla mingo Casino marketing manager), Nicole Flint (Miss SA 2009) and Thabo Sesing (Afri can champion for disabled cyclists in the C4 class); back: Johann Mare (Sun City Cy clists), David Posthumus (Sun City Cyclists) and Peter Guthrie (Flamingo Casino general manager).
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The search for talented youths is on } Boipelo Mere
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IT is all systems go for the 2014 Tsantsabane Community Idols. Altogether 18 hopefuls out of the 80 registered talented youths made it to the second phase of the music competition. Everyone is now excited to see the first ever Tsantsabane Idol. The winner will be announced at a prestigious event on Saturday, 3 May. The first phase of the competition happened over the weekend. This weekend’s auditions proved that the youths were very talented. The competition was open to youths between the ages of 14 and 35 years. A registration fee of R5 was charged at auditions at Postmasburg. Only 18 contestants received two golden stars during the first phase of the competition. On 5 April, these hopefuls will each be performing three songs in front of a live audience. It is here where the top ten finalists will be shortlisted. According to one of the organisers of the event, Hendré Jacobs, they regard the competition so far a success. This is because it is the first communitydriven project in the region. Different organisations like the Tsantsabane Centre of Hope (TCH), a faith-based and welfare NGO, in partnership with a National Youth Development Outreach (NYDO) brought the Idols to Tsantsabane. However, he said it was difficult for the contestants to be less anxious than they already were. He even pleaded with the judges not to be so harsh and critical. “All the judges are from the Tsantsabane municipal area and they all have a musical background,” he clarified. In response to whether there we any last minute bail-outs by the entrants, Jacobs responded that once the entrants have registered to audition, they cannot back away. The purpose of the competition is to unearth raw talent. It was also developed to stimulate interest and conversation about the arts amongst the youth of Tsantsabane. The competition is further expected to build confidence within all contestants to face the harsh world. “We tried our best to prevent the registered contestants from being intimidated or discouraged after the registration process. “After the registration, marshals would accompany the contestants into the main hall. “Here they are all seated in numerical order,” he explained. He said that in this way, all contestants were safe and away from those who had already finished auditioning and getting their results. “We channelled the process in such a way that those who were finished were unable to meet the ones in the registration process,” emphasised Jacobs.
READY: The audi tions for the Tsant sabane Community Idols have com menced. From left are the volunteers Francis Jacobs and Andy Theys, one of the contestants Boi tumelo Maoko, and volunteers Derick Rooiland and Rowe na Jacobs on the first day of the audi tions. Photo: Supplied
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Dingwaga tse lekgolo ga se papadi } Boipelo Mere
MOKHUDUTHAMaga wa lefapha la Katlaatleloloago mme Tiny Chotelo (molemeng) le mongwe wa batlamoletlong Sanah Shweni(mojeng) le bone ba ne ba gola ka lone letsatsi leo.
Ouma Lena Mocumi, mongwe wa bagodi ba Gaasca o makaditse ditshaba ka pholo ya gagwe e ntle mo dingwageng tsa lekgolo. Ka laboraro wa beke e e fetileng o ne a keteka letsatsi la gagwe la matsalo a dira dingwaga tse lekgolo (100). O ne a le keteka gammogo le bagodi nae, baagisane le ditsala ko legaeng la bagodi la Gaasca ko Galeshewe. Se se makatsang ka Ouma Mocumi ke gore, o a bona le fa a sa bonele kgakala. O a utlwa le fa a sa utlwe sentle. O kgona go ikisa ntlwaneng a tsamaya ka thobane, o santse a na le meno a a tiileng go ka ja sengwe le sengwe, go tsenyeletsa le le nama. Go ya ka ngwetsi ya ga Ouma Mocumi, Keitumetse Mocumi, Ouma o santse a itekanetse moo ebileng a iseng a tsamaye a tseye meriana e e tseelwang ruri (chronic medication) jaaka ba bantsi ba dira. Lebaka le le lengwe fela le mogogadie a le tsamaelang ngaka, ke noka e e kileng ya robega. “Ntle le moo, o itekanetse, go nale ba ba ntsi ba dingwaga tsa gagwe,” ga gatelela Rapodile. “Ke golele kae, ke setse ke godile. Ke godisitse bana ba bantsi” Ouma Mocumi a tshega erile mokwaladikgang wa Express Northern Cape a mo eleletsa masego le kgolo ka moletlo wa letsatsi la gagwe la matsalo. Go ya ka Ouma Mocumi, se se neng se dira letsatsi la gagwe gore le kgethege, ke gore Moprimiri wa profense ya Kapa Bokone Sylvia Lucas o ne a tsaya matsapa, a ya go keteka moletlo le ene. Bao ba neng ba potapotile Lucas ke Mokhuduthamaga wa lefapha la katlaatleloloago mme Tiny Chotelo, o le ene a neng a keteka letsatsi la gagwe la matsalo. Go ne gape go tlile Barbara Bartlett e leng moemedi wa ANC mo Kapa Bokone le badiredipuso ba ofisi ya moprimiri go tla go etleletsa mma Mocumi. Morago ga gore a opelele Ouma pina e e molodi a le esi, Moprimiri o ne a tlhagisa fa ofisi ya gagwe e sweditse go direla Ouma moletlo bogolo go na le gore ba mofe mphonyana fela, jaaka ba Gaasca ba ne ba dirile kopo ya mpho. A tsweletsa ka gore se, e ne ele maitlhomo a go bontsha fa bagodi ba tshwanetse go tsewa tsia thata ka ntlha ya fa demokrasi e e bonwang e le ka ntlha ya maiteko le dithata tsa bona. “Lebaka le legolo le le dirileng gore ke bo ke le fa, ke go bontsha fa ke tsaya tsia bagodi ba rona go feta ka ele bone batho ba botlhokwa mo profenseng. Ouma o phetse botshelo bo kgethegileng, jalo o tlhoka go tlotlomadiwa le go etlelediwa, ebile re rapela gore Modimo o tswelela go mo babalela,” ga bua Moprimiri pele a tswelela go atla Ouma ke lorato. Moprimiri o ne a neela Ouma tšeke ya makgolo a matlhano e e tswang go mmasepala wa Sol Plaatjie. “Ke ya go reka kgomo ha ke tswa ha,” Ouma a bolelela mokwaladikgang ka boitumelo e rile a sena go tlhalosediwa fa pampitshana e a neng a e newa ke Moprimiri e le boleng jwa madi. Ouma o ne a tlhalosa fa a ne asa tlhaloganya gore o filwe madi ka ntlha ya matlho a le bokoa. “Ohooo, nka itse jang ka matlho ke a ga a bone sentle, mme ba tla ntlhabela kgomo ka one madi ao,” Oumama a bua a tshegatshega ke go kgatlhega.
Lucas o tsweletse ka go rotloetsa bagodi le matlo borakanelo a bagodi gore ba tsweletse ka go tokafatsa maphelo a bone ka go ba kwadisa mo ditirong tsa botlhaga le metshameko (Golden Games and Aerobics) tsa puso gore ba nne ba itekanetse. Go bao ba sa itekanelang o tlhagisitse gore ba dirise thuso potlako ya legae (Home Based Care) gore ba kgone go tsaya ditlhare tsa bone jaka go le matshwanedi, go nna ba le phepa le go ja sentle. Mokhuduthamaga Chotelo le ene o ne a latlhela tlhware legonyana ka go ipoka a le Lesego gore a bo a gola ka letsatsi le le lengwe le Ouma Mocumi. “Ke dumela fa seo ele sesupo sa gore lenna ke tla nna mongwe wa baba lesego go keteka dingwaga tse lekgolo. Ga se ba bantsi ba ba lesego le le kanakana. Beibele yare, ‘re tshwanetse go bala ditshegofatso tsa rona.’ Se se kaya gore ouma Mocumi ga a ka a latlha tshepo fa a ntse a gola. Le fa a ne a kopana le matshwenyego mo tseleng,” ga bua Chotelo. Ouma Lena Mocumi o ile a tshegofadiwa ka bana ba le supa, mo ba le barataro ba neng ba tlhokafala. O nale ditlogolo dile nne le ditlogolwana dile pedi. Irene Ndlovu Njovu, motsamaisi wa Gaasca o ile a leboga botlhe bao ba tsentseng letsogo mo go thuseng gore moletlo o atlege jaaka Pick n Pay ya Galeshewe le ya toropo, Jabulani Butchery, Shoprite, Numain, Vuyani Self Service, Butterfield le Age in Action. Go ya ka ene, Ouma Mocumi ke mongwe wa baba kgethegileng ka gonne o, e ne ele moletlo o o gaisang yotlhe ka katlego. “Baša ba rona ba tshwanetse go tsaya maele le go tsamaya mo ditlhakong tsa ba ba tshwanang le Ouma Mocumi.” Ndlovu a bua. ) Vist www.express-news.co.za for more pictures on our gallery. Also listen to Ouma Mocumi’s plans for her cheque voucher.
MOPRIMIRI SYLVIA LUCAS o ne a atla Ouma Lena Mocumi ka lorato ka moletlo wa gagwe wa ding waga tse lekgolo. Photos: Boipelo Mere
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Manasseh Ministry hosts concert } Boipelo Mere
MBULELO VISIKHUNGO MZAMANE as the world came to appreciate, was an academic par excellence. Photo: Google
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its existence last year. He says the concert is being organised to raise funds for the church. It is expected that the concert will be a huge success. The church organisers have already sent out public invitations and approached different churches. Registrations for performances are R30 for groups and R10 for a solo performance. Entrance for the concert at the end of the month will cost R20 for adults. Children will be charged R5 to enter.
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MANASSEH INTERNATIONAL PRAYER MINISTRY is inviting the different community members and different churches to participate in their fundraising initiative. The church is requesting all respondents to register as performers in their upcoming concert. The church, under the leadership of Bishop Solomon Mosepele and Evangelist Clement Mokete, will be hosting a music concert on 29 March.
The concert will take place at the Manasseh Church in White City. According to one of the organisers of the event and church member, Mampa Thomas, this upcoming concert promises to give the attendants much praise and worship from different participants. He says that the mother church of Manasseh Ministry is in Bloemfontein. The other brances of the church include the one in Kimberley. There is also one in Postmasburg. The church also celebrated 10 years of
} George Mutloane SOUTH AFRICA, and indeed the world at large, lost a son in Mbulelo Visikhungo Mzamane who was buried a week ago in the East Rand in Gauteng. Mzamane was an academic par excellence and above all, one of the exiled generation of writers whose work was dedicated to reflect on the situation in South Africa. Amongst his peers are luminaries such as Zakes Mda, estranged husband and wife Prof. Keorapetse Kgosietsile, ANC chairperson Baleka Mbete, Prof. Njabulo Ndebele, Wally Serote, Andries Oliphant, Judge Albie Sachs, Ben Dikobe, Antjie Krog and Breyten Breytenbach. It was the content of Mbulelo Mzamane’s paper at the writer’s conference held at the Wits University in 1993 that drew attention to his ability to transform words into a mental action, complete with vivid characters. The topic for his paper at the conference was: What is the role of an African writer in this fragmented society?. South Africa at the time was at a cross roads. Liberation movements were unbanned and exiles were streaming back to the country while politicians were busy fashioning out the future for what was then a constitutionally fragmented South Africa. In his approach to his topic Mzamane gave an illustration of Keorapetse Kgosietsile content that in constructing a society one should ensure that the foundation is crafted like the coffin whose bottom never peels off due to the weight of the body. Later when Mzamane was made a vicechancellor at the Fort Hare University, he introduced programmes that made some conservatives in the university feel uneasy, but he made it clear that he was a writer at foremost and academic by choice. He repeated his mantra that a writer was by nature a disturber of peace. “A writer should always pose questions that are more difficult to answer,” he wrote in his conference paper. Indeed the passing away of Mbulelo Mzamane and those of his ilk in the past is a reminder that while many in the country were scattered all over the globe seeking help to destroy the monster called apartheid in South Africa, they did not forget their responsibility of arming themselves with education and what-else so that once the monster was defeated, there would be enough citizens to carry the heavy burden of reconstructing the fibre of the fragmented South Africa. Mbulelo Vizikhungo Mzamane is the author of Mzala (1980), Children of Soweto (1982), Children of the Diaspora (1996), and a children’s book, Race between the Turtles and the Cheetahs (2004). He is editor of Selected Poems: Mongane Wally Serote (1982), Selected Poems: Sipho Sydney Sepamla (1983), Hungry Flames and Other Black South African Stories (1986), and Words Gone Two Soon: Tribute to Phaswane Mpe and K. Sello Duiker (2006). He is co-editor of Global Voices: Contemporary Literature from the Non-Western World (1995).
THE NEW WARRENTON BRIDGE on the N18
Bridging the gap between places, people and skills The Warrenton Bridge story
Job creation and transfer of skills
Improvements to the bridge
• Warrenton is an agricultural town that plays an important role in the economy of the region. • It also serves as the junction between the N12, which leads from Gauteng to Kimberley and thereafter the Western Cape and the N18, which leads from Warrenton to Mafikeng and thereafter the RSABotswana border. • For this reason the area has been earmarked as a national priority for the development of infrastructure.
• SANRAL leveraged the project to benefit the communities from the area by creating opportunities for employment and skills development for them. • Around 50% of the R12 million that was spent on employment on the project, was spent on locals. • More than R10 million’s worth of work was given to SMME’s for crucial services that formed part of the project.
• The old bridge proved to be too low as it was often under water during high river flows. It also had a single lane that provided for oneway traffic only. • SANRAL conducted a series of environmental and social impact studies and re-engineered the bridge to address these issues. • The end result is an overhauled bridge that is high enough from the river bed to allow safe crossing for cyclists, pedestrians and motorists and that has two lanes for improved traffic flow.
“We can only hope for more of these types of substantial projects through which to engage our communities – it has offered great experience.” Ms Manopole, Mayor of the Magareng Municipality.
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KHUMBULANI KONCO, CEO of Bloemfontein Celtic.
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‘A matric certificate is a minimum requirement that many companies look for when they need to recruit new employees. We want our players to become responsible citizens once their playing days are over, starting with a solid educational foundation.’ – Khumbulani Konco
Konco: Get education first
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PRIORITISE education over sports, says Khumbulani Konco, the CEO of Bloemfontein Celtic. The former Orlando Pirates and Celtic player was studying while playing football professionally, and he obtained a BSc Honours. In an exclusive interview with Express, Konco says footballers should go to school to receive an education and to further their careers outside of soccer. “At Celtic we wish that all our players with matric can register with different institutions to further their studies. We always encourage them to go to school so that they can have something to fall back on when their playing days are over. “Even those who did not finish matric must go back to school and make sure that they matriculate. “A matric certifi-
cate is a minimum requirement that many companies look for when they need to recruit new employees. We want our players to become responsible citizens once their playing days are over, starting with a solid educational foundation,” says Konco. “Players are role models in the society and a lot of youngsters look up to them. We believe this will encourage even the community members to see the importance of education through players,” he adds. It is no secret that footballers earn decent salaries, but they become destitute once they hang up their soccer boots. “This is caused by the fact that most of the professional soccer players do not have tertiary education or any other skill or plan to fall back on. The majority of them become jobless and struggle to make ends meet once they retire,” the CEO ex-
plains. He says his club is currently embarking on a programme where they visit schools to encourage pupils to prioritise education over sports. “We believe that it is important for learners to put education ahead of sports. We always try to encourage them to finish their matric first before considering taking sport as their career, even if they are good at any sports they are involved in. “We don’t want the youngsters to make the same mistakes we made in the past. “It was believed that if you are not good academically then you should pursue a career in sport. That was a wrong concept. We need to correct that.” Amongst Celtic’s current crop of players only two are currently busy with studies. They are Blessing Mngomezulu and Thapelo Morena.
Mngomezulu is enrolled at the Central University of Technology (CUT). He is studying part-time towards a national diploma in Environmental Health.
He is in his third year. As for Morena, who made his professional debut against Maritzburg United last year, he is doing his matric at the Petunia High
School in Heidedal. Meanwhile, Lerato Lamola is one of very few local footballers armed with a formal education that could sustain him beyond the field.
The fearsome striker has completed courses in both Law and Logistics at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) a few years ago. Today, football
comes first for Lamola – and he is excelling for Celtic. He has been in a great form, creating and scoring important goals for the club.