Limpopo Mirror 12 November 2021

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Fight is on to choose mayors Tshikombani Primary School’s admin block engulfed by fire on Tuesday night. Photo by Godfrey Mandiwana.

School destroyed in fire By Godfrey Mandiwana The Tshikombani Primary School in the Nzhelele area was destroyed in a fire on Tuesday night. According to the chairperson of the school governing body (SGB), Mr Azwinndini Nemaname the fire started at around 22:00 in the evening, during loadshedding. “We heard an explosion and after that the fire started inside the principal’s office and engulfed the entire admin block. The fire consumed all the furniture, refrigerators, photocopy machines, microwave, steel cabinet, two televisions, a laptop, a bed for the sickbay, all the files that were kept since 1977 and more than ten computers,” he said. “We called the police and

emergency officers to extinguish the fire. We lost everything and our kids are going to write exams on Monday next week. How are we going to

print exam papers? Still, the education of our kids must go on,” he said. (Continues on page 2)

The chairperson of Tshikombani Primary School in the Nzhelele area’s SGB, Mr Azwindini Nemaname, standing next to the burntout block. Photo by Godfrey Mandiwana.

By Kaizer Nengovhela The gloves are off within the local ANC structures as the battle for mayoral positions intensify. The groups are even threatening with court interdicts, should things not go their way. The turmoil that had been brewing for quite some time now flared up when the list of mayoral candidates became available. From what could be gathered, there are primarily two groups. The one group of members support Adv Makonde Mathivha, while the other group support the current deputy chairperson of Vhembe in the region and executive mayor, Cllr Dowelani Nenguda. A meeting to discuss the names of the mayoral candidates took place on Sunday, 7 November, in Thohoyandou. Some ANC members, however, voiced their dissatisfaction and accused the current ANC chair-

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person in the region, Tshitereke Matibe, of taking sides and submitting the list to the ANC Provincial Executive without the necessary consultation. The aggrieved members staged a march to the ANC’s provincial offices in Polokwane earlier this week where a memorandum was handed over. The ANC in Vhembe submitted the names of three mayoral candidates in each of the four municipalities, as well as for the position of mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality. The names were forwarded to the party’s Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) for final determination next week. A list of candidates was distributed on social media earlier this week. According to this list the three candidates for the position of mayor in Musina are Godfrey Mawela, Siyaphi Shirilele and Victor Manavhela. The current mayor is Mihloti Muhlophe. In Makhado the candidates are Dorcus Mboyi, Gumani

Mukwevho and Maplanka Baloyi. The three candidates in Thulamela are Sarah Rambuda, Phineas Malada and Vhengani Ligege. In Collins Chabane Municipality the candidates are the current mayor, Moses Maluleke, Jeanet Shandukani and Walter Mabasa. The three names proposed for the Vhembe District Municipality are the current mayor of Musina Municipality, Cllr Mihloti Muhlophe, Thina Mbedzi and Fridah Nkondo. An ANC supporter who preferred to remain anonymous said that they are not satisfied with the processes that were followed to determine the candidates. He said the processes were biased and in favour of one faction. “We can see now that they want to neutralise the other factions. We need the formal procedure to be followed and we ask the province to revise the decision taken last Sunday,” he said. (Continues on page 2)

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