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The ANC as a political party is taking a beating everywhere and this week proved to be no exception with the violence that erupted because of a dispute between some residents of the Tshwane Metro and the party leadership about who the candidate for the municipality’s mayor should be in the coming local government elections on 3 August this year. Here at home, Stan Ramaila, the deputy chairperson of the African National Congress’ Sekhukhune Region has been nominated as candidate for executive mayor of the Sekhukhune District Municipality. Current district mayor, Mogobo David Magabe, is not on the nominations list and will probably be redeployed somewhere else by the party. So far, so good. The real problem is person XXXX, who according to the party’s nomination list, has been nominated as mayor of the new massive combined Greater Tubatse / Fetakgomo local municipality after 3 August. Which means the party has not made up it’s mind about XXXX, and the question is how they will approach this problem as the ANC Youth League in Limpopo is not happy about XXXX. In a press release the movement says: “The ANCYL is however perplexed by delibarate and sinister attempts to block the name of our Provincial Chairperson Cde Vincent Shoba to be pronounced as Mayoral candidate of Tubatse/Fetakgomo new Municipality. The ANCYL has learned with shock that even Shoba’s name enjoyed majority of PEC members in the last PEC meeting, certain individuals with borrowed power ruled against the name in favor of Mr xxxx …” The press release ends with “The ANCYL will follow with interest on how the matter of Tubatse is to be handled, but we promise to continue frowning at anyone who doesn’t want us.” So there you have it, Greater Tubatse / Fetakgomo is a problem with regard to a mayoral candidate. Current Greater Tubatse Municipality Mayor, Councillor Ralepane Mamekoa, seemed very popular with the people at last week’s State of the Local Municipality Address at Eerstegeluk (photograph left), but insiders say nobody can really predict the ANC’s decision. Who knows, maybe the position is earmarked for a woman?
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A crowd gathered at Eerstegeluk near Steelpoort last week Saturday to listen to Greater Tubatse Mayor, Councillor Ralepane Mamekoa’s State of the Local Municipality Address. Cllr Mamekoa again highlighted the main points in the municipality’s budget for the next period, as well as the achievements of the previous years as reported in this and other newspapers recently. He also reminded the audience that after the local government elections Greater Tubatse Municipality and Fetakgomo Local Municipality will combine to form one municipality. He lamented the serious service delivery protests that characterized the local government’s latest term of office and pledged that the government will try to accelerate the pace of service delivery. He added that “we must voice our disappointment at the behaviour displayed by protesters in marches. Most of our roads are in bad state as a result of the burning of tyres and barricades that have developed into potholes. Our people have lost their lives due to those potholes that have been created by us. These are type of actions that must be condemned in strongest terms and we cannot remain silent when properties are destroyed and lives ruined. We would like to call upon our people to respect infrastructure laid by government and social partners and to show any form of dissatisfaction in a dignified and respectable manner”. The mayor said in Greater Tubatse the dependency index is still 8, which means that an average of eight people depend on one income, which is too high. He also lamented the global economic meltdown and low commodity prices that hit the mining sector in the area negatively, resulting in high unemployment. He said retail and government also suffered because of the meltdown and a collective approach is needed to survive the economic crisis. He said investment is needed to assist and grow our economy, increase the capacity of infrastructure, rail and road network and importantly create many job opportunities. “This can only happen if we restore investor confidence in our region by creating an atmosphere conducive for investments. Barricading on national roads and burning of trucks will scare investors away and we must learn to sit around the table and settle matters amicably without resorting to violence”. Cllr Mamekoa thanked mining companies and mines by name for their contribution in assisting government with service delivery in communities and said that they will be approached to assist with electrification as well. He said government was not happy that the leadership of communities was divided in their standoff with mines about various issues since May 2015, saying “We are busy facilitating the dialogue between the groups and are confident that the matter will be settled to the satisfaction of everybody”. Mayor Mamekoa also had some advice for the youth in his speech, saying, “We must shift from a mindset that opportunities exist in the Mining sector only. There are many opportunities in Agriculture and Tourism sector that youth can tap into. We want to take this moment and encourage you to come out of the shell and show your creativity in establishing businesses that can grow the local economy. In that way we will be creating a legacy that will be celebrated in the next 40 years by the next generation. One of the priorities of the current government is Education and we must emphasise to the youth that they must go to school and get educated in order to create a better future”. He also reiterated that local government will continue to assist poor and deserving students with bursaries to further their studies.
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Resource Centre opened at Maelebe Primary School Maelebe Primary School celebrated the opening of their Resouce Centre on 16 June 2016. The school asked Kohin to assist them in creating the centre. The Centre will provide a safe learning environment with additional
educational material focussed on life orientation, mathematics and languages to assist learners. The following sponsors are being thanked for their generous contributions who made the project possible:
Four families receive blankets On 22 June 2016 the Tubatse SAPS, Tubatse Victim Empowerment Programme (VEP), Substance Abuse and Home Base Care visited four needy families in Praktiseer. VEP donated the blankets who were
delighted with the blankets. They thanked everyone for the donation and said they appreciate the work done by the VEP. (Information and photos: Const Ngwana, Tubatse SAPS)
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(Steelpoort). The school thanked everyone for their hard work and proudly displayed the Centre to visitors at the celebration.
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Fascinating Womanhood hosts successful conference
Man dies after community members take the law in own hands Murdered for alleged theft More than 120 women attended.
The police at Ohrigstad arrested 6 men during the evening of 16th June after they brutally assaulted a man who was found trying to steal their property at Longsight next to Ohrigstad railway crossing. The victim of the assault died of his injuries. The deceased was allegedly found trying to steal and was identified as the one who stole two cellphones and cash during May although a case was not reported to the police. The six men allegedly started assaulting the suspected thief until he confessed to the crimes committed during May. He also gave them information about the whereabouts of the two cellphones. Instead of calling the police, the six men decided to tie the man up with a rope and went to look for the cellphones which were recovered at the man’s home at Dresden. Upon their arrival back from fetching the cell phones, they found that the man has passed on. The police were then called to the scene and the six men were arrested and charged with murder. They appeared at Praktiseer Magistrate’s court on Monday 20 June and they were all denied bail and reminded in custody until their next appearance on the 27June 2016 for a bail application. “The police strongly condemn this kind of acts and we urge our community to work with the police and not to take the law into their own hands.” Const. Phokane from the Ohrigstad SAPS said. (Information: Const. K. Phokane, Ohrigstad SAPS)
Fascinating Womanhood hosted its first ever conference on the 16-18th June 2016 at Thaba Moshate Hotel. More than 120 women from different churches and provinces attended the conference. Amongst those in attendance were
more than 20 female Pastors from local churches. The conference was well organised and the daily program ran from 09:00 to 17:00. The guest Speaker Prophetess Isabel N’gambi from Zambia was on fire as she led the conference through the topic ”Womanhood Restoration”. This conference led many people to another spiritual level, ready to impact their churches and communities. Fascinating Womanhood would like to thank all their sponsors and everyone who attended. For more information about Fascinating Womanhood and joining them in Burgersfort please contact: 076 828 6020 / 076 444 2515 / 072 216 1177.
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Law enforcement on taxi advertising to be sharpened Make sure your branding or advertising complies Advertising on public transport like taxis will be controlled through stricter law enforcement according to the law. The Department of Transport, Safety, Security and Liaison is encouraging all Public Transport to operate with The National Transport Act 05 of 2009 under transport operations (Passengers Transport Act 1994). It says operators must comply with the requirements of this Act. This Regulation of 2006 September stated
that for every minibus or midibus that operate as a public transport vehicle, the standard of compliance is that the minibus must be white in colour with a marking of a South African Flag, name and address of the owner only. No translucent advertising or logo shall be applied to the rear window of a minibus or midibus operating minibus taxi-type services, unless the material or film of the advertisement complies with the provisions of regulation 202(3) of the National Road Traffic
Galatians 6:9 (NIV) 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
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not exceeding three months or a fine not exceeding R5000, and the relevant regulator entity may suspend, or withdraw the relevant operating licence or permit of the operator in terms of section 79(2) (a) of the Act. Burgersfort is often an open field for drivers ignoring the law. On Saturday 18 June 2016 this driver was photographed in Burgersfort near the taxi rank where he simply made an illegal turn in front of oncoming traffic.
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DIRECTORATE FINANCE: PUBLIC NOTICE UNALLOCATED BANK DEPOSITS Due to references on the bank statements that are not correct, Greater Tubatse Municipality has several credit amounts/payments received, which some may have been made by owners/tenants. Rate payers are encouraged to look at their account statements issued monthly or received from municipality to identify payments made into the municipal account but not allocated to individual rate payer’s account In case you have not received any account statement or you have queries, kindly contact the following officials: Maphanga PP, 013 231 1122 , R van Wyk 013-231 1294, LC Phasha 013-231 1062, DE Mapotsane 013- 231 1128 Please take note that all direct payments that are still unallocated by the 30th June 2016 will be transferred to the accumulated account of the Municipality. Please ensure that all your direct payments that are made into the municipal account for rates and taxes have a seven digit account number as your reference.
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Ratels rugby Die Laeveld Ratels van Ohrigstad het die afgelope naweek weer ‘n ligawedstryd gespeel. Die span het goed gevaar teen ‘n span wat bekend is vir hul goeie spel - die Phumbas van Hoedspruit. Lees meer oor die wedstryd op bladsy 16.
Leadership lessons from private security Dolf Scheepers, a well-known face in the local (and national) private security scene is releasing his book “Lions Leading Lions - creating winning tactics for leaders”. The reader can follow his story as he shares the lessons learned in over 30 years in the military and private sector. This is a compelling and powerful leadership guide that will get you thinking about leadership in an entirely new way. To give you an idea of what you’ll find in this thought-provoking book, here is a direct quote from the author himself: “Find the strength within yourself, find the conviction to become the best you can be, and in doing so you will encounter the magnitude of your purpose, you will hear the roar, and you will find the courage of the lion”. Dolf served in the former South African Defense Force as a Lieutenant Colonel and moved to the private sector in 1995 following a highly successful career in the military. Over the years he advanced from pure operational security management, in various industry sectors, and attained experience in business management. Leaders in the security industry have expressed
great enthusiasm for the book, as it is the first of its kind in South Africa. Managing private security in South Africa isn’t easy. It’s a task that has to be performed under severe conditions in an overstocked market, under-priced service, low-paid staff and a generally deteriorating work-force. This book gives insight into this, along with the greatest lessons that can be learned in the private security industry. The writer of this book, Jacques de Villiers, stated the following – “I have spoken to many of Dolf’s colleagues, friends, family members and staff – and the responsiveness has been indistinguishably awe-inspiring. I can best encapsulate the sentiment of all, in words previously uttered by Jack Welch – Success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others. I promise you, you won’t take leave of the pages, unchanged”. Look out for the book being launched soon in stores.
Kom hou VACANCIES saam basaar Die NG Kerk Ohrigstad hou hierdie naweek op 24 en 25 Junie hul jaarlikse basaar. Dit vind by die terrein langs die Oasis kompleks in Ohrigstad plaas. Die basaar begin op Vrydag 24 Junie om 12:00 met padverkope wat pannekoeke en worsbroodjies insluit. Saterdag is daar groot makietie en besoekers kan ‘n groot verskeidenheid produkte koop. Daar is ondermeer vleis, pannekoeke, sosaties, boereworsrolle, koeke, terte, groente, plante, handwerk en nog vele meer. Daar is ‘n rustige teetuin waar almal lekker gesellig kan kuier. Een van die jaarlikse hoogtepunte is natuurlik die veiling wat gehou word. Daar is iets kan alles vir oud en jonk. Ander aktiwiteite van die dag is ‘n verskeidenheid speletjies, gesigverf vir die kinders, skyfskiet, kettieskiet en nog baie meer. Die gemeente nooi almal uit om die dae saam met hulle te kom geniet. Vir enige navrae skakel die kerkkantoor by 013 238 0044.
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Ratels deur na semi-finaal Die Laeveld Ratels het verlede Saterdag in ‘n tuiswedstryd teen die Phumbas van Hoedspruit te staan gekom. Hierdie was die tweede wedstryd tussen die twee spanne en die vorige een het die Ratels verloor. Hierdie wedstryd was van die begin ‘n geveg om punte in die liga en die Ratels se deursettingsvermoë het hulle deurgetrek. Die span se punte is deur die volgende spelers aangeteken: Eben Blignaut (1 drie), Martin van den Berg (1 drie en 2 strafskoppe). Die halftyd telling was 8-3 in die guns van die Ratels en die wedstryd het 19-11 in die Ratels se guns geëindig. Die Agter Speler van die wedstryd was Brandon Barr-Bayley en die Voorspeler van die wedstryd Willem le Grange. Die Ratels is nou deur na die semi-finaal wat op 9 Julie op Ohrigstad plaasvind. (Inligting: Quartus du Toit, Laeveld Ratels).