13 September 2013 Year 24 Vol: 02 R3,00 VAT Inc. Shop no. 5 Madar Centre, next to the Post Office, Thohoyandou Tel: (015) 962 1008 www.limpopomirror.co.za Audited Distribution Figures Tel: (015) 516 5175 www.ayobmotors.co.za 2012 Toyota FJ Cruiser Balance of 5 year / 90 000km service plan R369 995 4.0 A/T 39 700km The long, frustrating and traumatic wait for the Mutavhatsindi family to bury their beloved gogo, Alidzulwi Mutavhatsindi, whose body has been missing and buried by another family for more than three weeks, finally came to an end over the weekend. Mutavhatsindi (82) of Masakona village in the Vuwani area was supposed to have been buried a fortnight ago, but could not as a result of a body mix-up at the mortuary where her body was kept. The family underwent a lot of pain and financial loss in trying to find the missing body. They had to go to different villages with the body of an unknown gogo, who the undertaker said was their relative, trying to locate the fam- ily of the old woman. They were finally able to connect with the family of the dead woman, who indicated that the dead woman was indeed their relative and that it implied that they had buried the wrong body. The two families thought it would be a simple procedure to exhume the other body and to bury the right person. That was not to be as they had to go through the courts and use lawyers to apply for orders for them. On Thursday last week, the two families sighed with relief when the court granted the order to exhume. On Friday morning, the two families gathered at the local graveyard at Ha-Raliphaswa in the Nzhelele area where the body had been buried. Grief-stricken as they were, they had to wait while undertakers exhumed the body. It was put in a hearse and taken to the mortuary, where it was washed before being taken to Masakona for burial. The burial poured salt into wounds which had not had a chance to begin healing. - Continues on p2 After three weeks in unknown grave, gogo is Buried at last Grief-stricken family members sighed with relief after the body was exhumed. Grave diggers about to retrieve the body of gogo Mutavhatsindi, who was buried for almost two weeks after a mortuary mix-up. Gogo Alidzulwi Mutavhatsindi. By Elmon Tshikhudo THERE’S A BRANCH NEAR YOU - 39 STORES & GROWING C T
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The long, frustrating and traumatic wait for the Mutavhatsindi family to bury their beloved gogo, Alidzulwi Mutavhatsindi, whose body has been missing and buried by another family for more than three weeks, fi nally came to an end over the weekend.
Mutavhatsindi (82) of Masakona village in the Vuwani area was supposed to have been buried a fortnight ago, but could not as a result of a body mix-up at the mortuary where her body was kept.
The family underwent a lot of pain and fi nancial
loss in trying to fi nd the missing body.They had to go to different villages with the
body of an unknown gogo, who the undertaker said was their relative, trying to locate the fam-ily of the old woman. They were fi nally able to connect with the family of the dead woman, who indicated that the dead woman was indeed their relative and that it implied that they had buried the wrong body.
The two families thought it would be a simple procedure to exhume the other body and to bury the right person. That was not to be as they had to go through the courts and use lawyers to apply
for orders for them. On Thursday last week, the two families sighed with relief when the court granted the order to exhume. On Friday morning, the two families gathered at the local graveyard at Ha-Raliphaswa in the Nzhelele area where the body had been buried.
Grief-stricken as they were, they had to wait while undertakers exhumed the body. It was put in a hearse and taken to the mortuary, where it was washed before being taken to Masakona for burial. The burial poured salt into wounds which had not had a chance to begin healing.
- Continues on p2
After three weeks in unknown grave, gogo is
Buried at lastGrief-stricken family members sighed with relief after the body was exhumed.
Grave diggers about to retrieve the body of gogo Mutavhatsindi, who was buried for almost two weeks after a mortuary mix-up.
Gogo Alidzulwi Mutavhatsindi.
By Elmon Tshikhudo
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Notice
By Kaizer Nengovhela
Court news
By Silas Nduvheni
Education
Communities around Madim-bo and Malale, outside Musina, will have a chance to discuss matters related to service de-livery, when they meet the executive mayor of the Vhembe District Municipality, Cllr Tshitereke Matibe, Mayor Carol Phiri of Musina and councillors.
The Vhembe District Mu-nicipality will hold its mayoral public participation meeting at the Madimbo Primary School next Friday (20 September), said the media liaison officer of the Vhembe District, Mr Moss Shibambu. The officials will share ideas with various com-munity stakeholders regarding
basic services, as well as water, electricity, roads, health and ed-ucation, said Shibambu.
He added that government departments, such as home af-fairs, SASSA, Health, the SAPS, labour, agriculture, economic and environmental affairs, including Eskom, will be rendering their services.
Mayoral imbizos for Madimbo and Malale
Njhakanjhaka rape victim to get house
“You are not the only stakeholder”
MEC urges communities to plant trees
Magistrate NC Mthombeni warned the accused in a rape case that if it became appar-ent that he was abusing the process of “application for DNA re-test”, he might end up forfeiting his bail status.
Businessman Helton Mabasa (32) appeared in the Hlanganani Regional Court in Waterval on two charges of rape last Monday (2/9), but his lawyer was absent.
“You're not the only stake-holder in this case,” Mthombeni told the accused. “There are those who are most affected who might even suspect that you gave us some considerations – such as a sheep, and I don't even eat mutton, for that matter.”
The court then instructed Ma-basa to go and tell his lawyer telephonically that he must come up with a proposed trial date immediately. “You must also tell your lawyer that I have got the best relationship with him and that I don't wish to spoil it,” Mthombeni said sternly.
The trial date was eventually set for 7 and 8 October. So far, six identified witnesses will testify against the accused. “Whether your re-test results are available or not on the next court date, we'll continue with the matter,” concluded Mthombeni.
On 24 October 2012, Mabasa's application for a DNA re-test was granted after he had alleged
that there might have been foul play when the DNA tests were handled some months before. He wanted a re-test, which would be handled by an accredited institu-tion other than the South African Police Services' forensic science laboratory in Pretoria.
Mabasa stands accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at knife-point on 1 January 2010 at Ma-jozi village. The victim was on her way home. On the night of 2 April 2011, a 20-year-old woman was on her way home too, when Mabasa allegedly grabbed her and ordered her to go with him into a seemingly deserted house. He is alleged to have raped her in one of the rooms.
The MEC for Agriculture, Ms Machwene Semenya, has warned communities in the Vhembe region to stop cutting down trees and rather to plant trees and contribute to the greening of the country.
She added that the government wanted the communities to stop veld and forest fires because they destroyed life.
Semenya was speaking at the Phalama sports grounds in Mu-tale on Thursday and motivated the residents to take care of their “green inheritance” The event also marked the start of the planting sea-son and she encouraged communities to plant, nurture and celebrate the unique biodiversity of the country.
This year’s Arbour Week was celebrated in the first week of Sep-tember and concentrated on the theme Our forest, our future. More than 300 indigenous and fruit trees were distributed around various munic-ipali t ies across the province and Semenya planted several trees near the Mutale munic-ipal offices to honour
women leaders in the country, and in particular women leaders serving in the Cabinet.
“Some of the trees are good for medical purposes, while fruit trees and other food security pro-grammes help to alleviate hunger and poverty. Trees through com-mercial plantations also contrib-ute towards economic opportuni-ties and job creation, especially in rural areas,” she added. She fur-ther said communities in Mutale
should be proud to be the home of the largest and oldest heritage tree, the Big Tree, which is found in Tshipise-Zwigodini and urged them to preserve it for the sake of future generations.
Thovhele Vudzidzhena Neth-engwe said he was worried that most of the community members were just cutting down trees. He urged communities to help preserve and protect the envi-ronment.
Tsakani Baloyi holds a panga similar to the one her rapist used when he injured her.
Ms Tsakani Baloyi, a single mother who was raped, chopped on the hands and left uncon-scious in the bush at Njhakanjhaka in November last year, will be smiling again soon. This is after it was decided by the office of the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Adv Ngoako Ramathlodi, to build a five-roomed house for her.
Baloyi recently explained her ordeal to Ramath-lodi. She is self-employed, cooking and selling food at the gate of the nearby Mahatlane Secondary School as a way of generating income. In Novem-ber last year, a man entered her house early in the morning. “He wielded a panga and threatened to kill me if I screamed. He pulled me out of the yard and into the bush, where he raped me repeatedly. I tried to scream and he stabbed me in the face. After raping me, he chopped my hands with his panga and left me unconscious. I woke up in the Polokwane Provincial Hospital, surrounded by nurses and doctors.”
She told Ramathlodi that she spent two months in hospital and could not work for herself as her left hand could not move. The head of the Thohoy-andou Community Correction Facility, Farisani Mulaudzi, said the man who had raped Baloyi was serving 10 years' imprisonment. He said Baloyi’s story deeply touched Ramathlodi and he did not hesitate to take a decision. The house is under construction by a group of parolees and expected to be completed within three months.
Chief Vhonani Netshidzivhe of New life after prison said it was not the first time they were
helping victims of crime. He said they had already built a three-roomed house for four children whose mother had been struck by lightning and died at Mhinga. “Their mother left them with just some dilapidated mud huts. We also gave them R1 000 to buy food and we also provided them with two beds."
Limpopo Mirror decided to publish the report after a request from the victim
Headman Piet Mukwevho (left) with members of the family, Tshinakaho Mulaudzi, Elias Dzhombere and Humbulani Matoro at the prepared grave. The headstone shows that she was buried on Saturday, 31 August.
By Elmon Tshikhudo
Gogo buried “in her own grave” From Page 1Family members gathered at the
local Masakona cemetery for the burial, but other relatives, who had come before for the first burial, could not attend as it was during the week.
Family representative Ms Hum-bulani Matoro, who went through all the pain and through all the steps until the body was found, said the burial was a relief to the family. "We went through a lot of pain and suffering. It was very traumatic for
us to go from one village to the next with an unknown body in a car, trying to find our beloved gogo. Now that we found her and gave her a decent send-off, her soul will rest in peace, unlike when she was buried many kilometres away from her own relatives.” She added that they were hurt, “but we feel we should forgive whatever happened. Life should go on and maybe it happened for a purpose, that people should draw lessons from the whole experience," she said.
She said their losses were immense, but they were just happy that the undertaker had pledged to take care of them. “We bought all the grocer-ies; we even bought a cow and slaughtered it for the mourners and everything was prepared, except for the body. We are hap-py we are burying her today,” she said.
The son of Mun-zhedzi Mabirimisa, Livhuwani, said there were some challenges in the family. "We are happy that it has come to pass and we are go-ing to give my mother a decent funeral on Saturday (tomorrow)," he said.
During the presentation of the R270 000 are, from left to right, Charles Lishivha and Tshilidzi Malima, Eunice Munasi, Marubini Tshivhuya, Simeon Mufamadi and Takalani Chipota, Paulina Mulaudzi and Sonnyboy Masuka.
Phadziri donates R270 000 for disadvantaged pupilsThe Phadziri Bus Company opened its hands again and donated R270 000 to education in the Sinthumule/Kutama area.
The official handover was held at Madombidzha last Tuesday. In June, the company had donated R204 000 towards autumn classes and the current amount will be used for classes for disadvantaged Grade 12 pupils in remote ar-eas.
Mr Simeon Mufam-adi of Phadziri said that the company felt that it was essential to celebrate joint efforts in teaching. He said his company would al-ways give support to education and that it encouraged pupils to study hard, so that they could pass at the end of the year. "You received this donation as a result of hard work and we are very proud of you,” Mufamadi said.
According to him, his firm has fought tire-lessly to improve the standard of education in the country, especially in rural areas. “This is part of our company’s mission of giving some-thing back to the com-munity. We hope other companies will learn that it is important to
do something for the community because they are the ones who made us what we are today,” said Mufamadi.
He stated that it was a mistake for companies to think they could leave the development of young pupils’ education to the government alone. He further said that the company was engaged in several
initiatives to develop the community through education. Mr Charles Lishivha from the Kutama/Sinthumule enrichment project was over the moon. “We thank Phadziri for their kind gesture and we hope they will continue assisting the deprived communities." He said the money would help the pupils a lot.
The MEC for Agriculture, Ms Machwene Semenya (holding a spade), plants a tree near the Mutale municipal offices. She is helped by Mutale Mayor Cllr Josephine Mukwevho (second from right) while the Eskom Limpopo representative, Ms Tendani Moloto (far left), Thovhele Vudzidzhena Nethengwe and Cllr Pheneas Temba (far right) look on.
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Hate speech: Did circuit manager Phaswana go too far?Did the circuit manager of the Vhembe Education District, Dr Sampie Phaswana, go too far when giving a tongue-lashing to a group of matriculants at Eric Louw High School in Musina about their ap-parent lack of discipline?
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo believes so, going so far as to lay hate speech charges against Phaswana at the Musina Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
Dr Phaswana, an ordained minister of religion in the Lutheran Church, who holds a doctor’s degree in marital problems, as well as a master’s degree in divorce and a master’s degree in practical theology, is now at the centre of a controversy over the apparent racial slurs he uttered to matriculants following their “40 Days” celebration at Eric Louw. One of the children recorded his outburst and, after ob-taining a copy of the recording, the DA decided to go public with it.
Dr Phaswana was apparently at the school for a meeting at the end of July, when the matriculants apparent-ly started throwing eggs and water balloons at each other playfully. This outraged him, even more so when the matriculants apparent failed to obey a teacher’s instruction to stop. The group of matriculants was called in and what followed was an almost eight-minute-long tongue-lashing from Dr Phaswana, marked by foul language and racial remarks in both Afrikaans and English.
In the recording, Dr Phaswana can be heard saying: “I don’t play games ... now once you are here, you behave. If the principal says ‘You don’t throw an egg to anybody’ you just don’t throw an egg ... and you think it is a joke when people fight and they stab each other ... this is not a battlefield ... You want to study, you come here, fine, we are all smiles. You don’t want to study, you voetsek! You just go. Whoever does not want to be at school here, stand up now, I will de-register you over the phone now!”
Shortly afterwards, Dr Phaswana says: “... you don’t mess up with me – not now, not ever! Nobody messes up with me ... So ... you were
told ‘you don’t throw those’ what do you call them? ... you call them water bombs. You don’t know what a bomb is. I carried bombs, I fought, I carried bombs, I had bombs from Russia long ago before you were born. I know what a bomb is, I have seen people die, here, I’ve seen people die ... you don’t know what a bomb is ... You come to my office you will see my boy, he is nine years old, I am teaching him to shoot at that age, nine years old, I’ve got many guns, you don’t know what bombs are ... so you don’t throw any bomb, you don’t throw any egg ... you are the people who are to be exemplary ... you are the Grade 12s ...”
Dr Phaswana then threatens the matriculants: “But if there is a Grade 12 that doesn’t want to be here and he bends every rule of the school, God help me, you will be sorry! Be-cause I am not going to have mercy on anybody who bends the rules ...” Dr Phaswana continues his threats with reference to the matriculants’ exam papers: “Do you know where your [exam]paper goes when you write? After writing, do you know what happens? I send those k&#@ers [derogatory reference to black people] to come here and collect those papers and they come to me ... they come to me. So al daai k&#@ers wat hier kom om julle vraestelle te kom optel, hulle bring hulle na my toe. Ek kan maak enige ding wat ek wil met daai vraestel ... you won’t know what hit you ... you don’t mess up with me ... you are messing up with the wrong guy ... Your [exam]paper may not be found at the centre ... If I say you are de-registered now and you are out of the school, next year you come [and] I tell you you are over age ... you don’t come to my school finish and klaar ... Do you hear me? ... I don’t threaten people ... when I want to hit people, I just hit them, I don’t tell them ... so you either go and behave or you’ll deal with me ...”
Dr Phaswana then warns the ma-triculants not to take him on, referring to someone who “messed up” with him: “There is a councillor principal who messed up with me in one of
my meetings ... he did not know who he was messing up with, right now, nobody will touch him! He is a no no. Nobody will touch him because, by the time I am done with him, he will not get a cent, nothing ... I am not finished with him ... he is crying now but I am not yet done ... I just started, I am enjoying it ... all the crying - I am really enjoying it ... So I got in a male Afrikaner lawyer who hates blacks ... If you are a white person, I will get in a black Afrikaner lawyer who hates whites, so that then all the scores of all the battles which were fought long ago, there we will fight it in court. By the time we are done you won’t have money ... you won’t have money ... and your future will be down the drain ... no matter how good you are today ... If we start fighting and you are not having any matric, what is going to happen? If the case is still on, we don’t give you anything ...”
It was specifically these last re-marks regarding black and white lawyers which infuriated the DA. “Dr Phaswana’s utterances … have no place in our schools. He can be heard promoting racial discord and violence when he was addressing Grade 12s. His choice of words dur-ing his address are not befitting for an address meant for our learners,” says Ms Desiree van der Walt, DA Limpopo Education spokesperson, in a press release after she laid the charges of hate speech against Phas-wana on Monday.
She adds that the DA is committed to fighting any form of racial bigotry. “It is of fundamental im-portance that we erase racism in all its mani-festations, especially in our schools, which are essential institutions of socialisation, where the character of future our leaders is nurtured,” says Van der Walt.
Several attempts by the Limpopo Mirror to elicit comment from Dr
Phaswana regarding the incident and recording by both email and SMS yielded no response from him. The provincial Department of Education, however, did respond by saying they view the incident in a very serious light.
The department’s provincial spokesperson, Mr Phuti Seloba, commented on Tuesday by saying: “We are monitoring the case with interest. If the person on the audio is indeed Dr Phaswana, then he has a lot to answer to,” Seloba said. He also confirmed that the department is already conducting an internal investigation.
“If it is indeed Dr Phaswana saying these words, then he is not saying it on behalf of the Department of Edu-cation,” says Seloba. Asked whether Dr Phaswana had been suspended, pending the outcome of the investi-gation, Seloba said that he was still on active duty.
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By Mashudu Netsianda
4 13 September 2013 LIMPOPO MIRROR
Premier Stan Mathabatha averts nasty situation
Vhembe FET “the dumping ground of fired staff”
In court for axing husbandA 33-year-old woman from Lukuk-we village outside Beit Bridge re-cently appeared in court for alleg-edly striking her husband with an axe, following a misunderstanding regarding her stepson.
Lindiwe Tshuma was not asked to plead to an attempted murder charge when she appeared before Magistrate Abednico Ndebele. The case was postponed and the accused is in cus-tody. The court also advised Tshuma to approach the High Court for bail.
The court was told that on 12 August, while at her homestead in
Lukukwe village, Tshuma had a mis-understanding with her husband, Mr Lameck Tshuma. She had allegedly complained about her stepson’s be-haviour and Mr Tshuma seemed not concerned about the issue and left for his bedroom.
The accused allegedly picked up an axe and followed him.
The court heard that she struck him once on the chin and he sustained a deep cut. It is alleged that soon after committing the offence, Tshuma fled from the home. A report was made to the police, leading to her arrest.
Prof Derrick Mashau.
The stigma associated with di-vorce has become almost non-ex-istent in our society and, as a result ,we have seen quite a sub-stantial number of marriages ending up in divorce.
Divorce, irrespective of repercus-sions that those going through this process face, has become a common denominator in our society. It is amazing that this trend cuts across racial and religious divides. It is shocking to witness the number of marriages that were solemnized in the presence of God, parents and the church going down the drain. Why is it that many marriages are failing today?
In my recent study and research, it has become clear that there are a number of contributory factors as to why marriages are failing. I will try to reflect on these factors in this article and proceed in the following weeks to highlight how best we can do our part (best) to eradicate this sorry state of marriage in our times. The following factors can be cited:
Lack of premarital counsel-ling: It is common among newly married couples to find themselves in the situation where they just get married without undergoing premar-ital counselling, which results in a flawed foundation which ultimately cannot stand the test of time.
Marrying for wrong reasons: Some marriages, those facing seri-ous challenges and on the brink of collapsing, often face these because couples marry for the wrong rea-sons. A marriage of convenience will always face challenges, and by convenience I mean marrying for status, retaining a family name, having a child together, and indeed marriage by arrangement wherein parents push you to marry someone you do not love.
Infidelity in marriage: Cheating, by both men and women, in marriage is causing lots of pain in many marriages and some end up divorcing or just continue living together whilst they have literally divorced. You have couples who no longer share their bedroom but remain married for the sake of their children or for fear of sharing the wealth that they have accumulated together.
Debts doing us
apart: Some marriages are facing financial storms wherein one of the two either misuses money or has the habit of getting the family indebted by borrowing money and incurring debts that the couple can’t service. Instead of ‘until death do us part’, it now becomes an issue of ‘debts do us part’.
Interference from external forc-es: External forces in this instance refer to more than just the element of infidelity where there is another man or woman, but it also involves parental control (remote control) wherein one of the two cannot take own decisions without consulting with parents or without parents tell-ing him or her what to do. This also includes love for material things (possessions).
And last but not the least, failure to communicate effectively: Lack of proper communication and prob-lem-solving skills has resulted in many marriages hitting rock bottom. In this instance, men often withdraw from engaging with real issues and problems in their marriages, whilst women often behave like mosquitos who are forever making noise but causing real damage in terms of them driving the other person away.
That is why men often find soli-tude in beer drinking or befriending other women at work and so on. The next article will focus more on how best we can start dealing with some of these factors with an eye to pro-viding a lasting solution as to how best we can save our marriages from collapsing or ending in divorce. - Prof Derrick Mashau, Department of Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology, UNISA. ([email protected].)
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MEC Joyce Mashamba speaks during one of the meetings, while premier Stan Mathabatha listens attentively.
Limpopo Premier Stan Mathabatha averted mayhem when he dissociated himself from remarks which had made the community of Malamulele angry and committed himself to their goal of establishing their own municipality.
The community of Malamulele comprises about 100 settlements, making up 14 wards of Thulame-la municipality. They were told four weeks ago by the Municipal Demarcation Board that their submission for an own municipality had yielded no results. In anger, the entire community staged protests and damaged property, incurring damage of approximately R45 million.
Mathabatha, who had met the Malamulele Municipal Demarcation Task Team and several stakeholders, including traditional leaders, was supposed to give a report back to the community after having met the Municipal Demarcation Board two days previously.
Then it was rumoured that the message the pre-mier was to announce was a negative message and two rumours circulated in Malamulele, agitating the community. The first was that ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe had allegedly told Power FM Radio that the people of Malamulele wanted their own municipality for tribalistic reasons. The second was that Mathabatha himself had alleged-ly been quoted in a national daily newspaper as saying that the Malamulele people wanted a new municipality because of tribalism.
Before the premier arrived on Friday to give a report back, mobs started to swell in Malamulele town and shops closed on the advice of the police.
Militant youths indicated that, should the message from the premier be negative, they would cause mayhem.
After Mathabatha had addressed the structures and the task team, he reported back. In his report, the premier said that, after meeting the Boundaries Demarcation Committee earlier during the week, they had
shown a willingness to understand the problem, but a technical matter stood in the way.
He declined, however, to mention the technicality.
He reported there was an agreement that the Demarcation Committee would seek a legal opinion and report back in two weeks’ time.
Communities around the Vhembe FET College community, who had thought that all would be normal after the recent appointment of a new CEO and deputy, are in for a big disappointment.
The college, which was characterised by strikes by students and staff last year, who demanded the removal of the acting CEO, Dr JG Tshifularo, was at it again last week.
Hundreds of students, led by the col-lege SRC, last Thursday held a peaceful march in protest against how things are being run at the college. Accompanied by the police, the students marched from the Makwarela campus to the college’s head office in Sibasa, where they hand-ed over a memorandum detailing their grievances, chief among them being the immediate removal of the new CEO and
his deputy.The students say that the Department
of Higher Education does not appear to be prepared to solve the problems faced by the college. College SRC president Mr Rendani Nematswerani says they feel like they are a dumping ground for staff who have been fired elsewhere on serious charges.
The students demand that the new CEO, Lukau Mamabolo, must leave the college, together with his deputy, Ms Basani Hlekani.
Nematswerani says the new CEO and his deputy does not have a good track record with their former employers. Ac-cording to Nematswerani, Mamabolo is not experienced in a senior position and he was fired six months into his previous position for poor management at the campus he was working at. “Mamab-
olo was working at the Mopani FET College as campus manager. The de-partment gives us such a person. We really feel like the department doesn’t take our college seriously,” he says.
Nematswerani says that the hiring of the new CEO has caused division in the college as Mamabolo reversed all the decisions made by the SRC without communicating with them. He adds that the deputy CEO, Basani Hlekani, is said to have been charged with misconduct and resigned before disciplinary measures could be taken against her.
“The SRC has a letter from the college to prove our claim and we need the department to do something about this,” he adds.
In their memorandum, the students say that the department disrupts their institution through unions and that the college information circulates from the department to the unions before it reaches the college management.
Nematswerani says that as the SRC they have already written two letters to the Minister but received no response.
The Department of Higher Edu-cation’s curriculum manager at the regional office in Polokwane, Mr George Ngobeni, received the mem-orandum on behalf of the department and promised that it would be sent to the Minister.
Under fire: new Vhembe FET College CEO Lukau Mamabolo.
Hundreds of students, who marched to the college head office in Sibasa, being escorted by the police.
The SRC president of Vhembe FET, Mr Rendani Nematswerani, looks on as the education department´s George Ngobeni signs the memorandum.
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are working on a framework that seeks to address labour migration and migration management in the region comprehensively.
According to Zimbabwe’s Labour and Social Services permanent secretary Mr Lancaster Museka, the action plan will improve the capacity of governments to manage labour migration better by harmonising data collection systems, immigration policy and legislation and addressing migrants’ health vulnerability. “Our combined efforts will result in a system whereby national governments in SADC countries will have the capacity to enforce laws against exploitation and work together in managing labour migra-tion,” he said.
Museka said well-managed labour mi-gration flows, protection of the rights of migrant workers and effective responses to irregular migration could lead to mu-tual benefits for both migrants and states. “We are also working with organisations such as the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), which is an organization committed to promoting co-ordination and dialogue on migration management in the region,” he said.
All SADC states are affected by migra-tion, either as source, transit or destination countries. Some migratory movement in the region is related to conflict and inse-curity. Most labour migrants in Southern Africa are working illegally in the region and do not enjoy the same basic rights as local workers and are often made to work in exploitative conditions.
According to the IOM, evidence sug-gests that the number of migrants is rising, but there is still a lack of reliable data on how many migrants enter states irregularl and stay and work in the informal sector.
Migrant workers make important con-tributions to the economies of the SADC countries. Zimbabwe and South Africa have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to regularize labour migration between the two countries. The MoU, which was signed in September 2009 by the then Labour ministers of South Africa and Zimbabwe, Mr Mem-bathisi Mdladlana and Ms Paurina Mpa-riwa, only helps facilitate the processing of immigration and employment require-ments for Zimbabweans wishing to work on South African farms in the Limpopo Province only.
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Six petty headmen installed in Shanzha area
Chief Neckson Shavhani (with leopard skin) reads the riot act, while installing petty headman Kennenth Magadaniduring.
Residents of six different villages at Shanzha in the Nzhelele area, who have been without petty headmen for a long time, sang and danced for joy at the weekend when new petty headmen were officially in-
stalled in their area.The six petty headmen, who are
tasked with the overseeing of the villages in the area, are Mr Johannes Mushiane, who will be in charge of Golori, educator Kenneth Magadani
will oversee Lavhelesani, Mr Zacharia Neluheni will be in charge at Luheni, Mr Mpho Mabannda at Thaweni, Ranwedzi village will be under Mr Michael Savhasa, while Thondoni will be under the auspices of Mr Thomas Nange.
The function, which was attended by many community members and traditional leaders from around the Tshivhase territory, among them Chief Ramugondo and Mulindavhathu Randima, took place at the Shanzha royal palace on Saturday.
The installation was carried out by the local tra-ditional leader, Chief Neckson Shavhani, who said it had become necessary to install petty headmen in the area. "Service delivery is very slow in this area. Besides having all our villages electrified, we still have a dire shortage of water, our access roads are very bad and even the road that leads to my palace here is not accessible. Installing these petty head-men will help speed up service delivery, and there will be development in this area," said Shavhani.
He said it was a way of decentralizing power, which would mean that they would be able to identify areas of need at grassroots level and re-port to him, which would mean good governance. "We need development here and this is a way to fast-track service delivery and development in our village.”
In installing the petty headmen, Shavhani im-plored them to treat all residents as equals and to work harmoniously in conjunction with all the structures in the village.
The Head of Development and Planning Services, Cllr Phineas Themba, told people who receive disability grants to use them wisely and to benefit the disabled. “We are aware of people who misuse the money instead of maintaining the disabled,” he said during a recent event at the Londonani Day Care Centre. “We have a special programme at our district municipality and we encourage parents to take their disabled children to school,” he said. He added that they were working together with all the stakeholders to assist the municipality in adopting the Londolani Day Care Centre. “We will develop special programmes to sustain centres like this one,” he said. The manager at the day care centre, Ms Rosemary Denga, applauded the municipality’s involvement in the centre. In our photo, Themba is pushing one of the disabled pupils of the Londanani Day Care Centre in Ha-Rabali. With him is Headman Sam Rabali.
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Vacancies for professional nurses
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When looking at Vele I doubt whether we are really so “green”
We always enjoy any feedback from our readers. Please take note that prefer-ence is given to short, factual letters as we don’t always have space for lengthy debates. The Editor reserves the right to refuse letters should they be, for ex-ample, libelous and also will shorten letters when necessary. Letters without the writer’s name will not be considered. Those who would like to stay anonymous, must indicate it on their letters, but must still provide us with their details.
Despite our good global image in climate change and environmental
issues, national authorities have granted Coal of Africa’s Vele Colliery permission to go ahead on their coal mining projects.
I concede that the mine has the potential to create jobs in that pover-ty-stricken area of the province. How-ever, it must be noted that agriculture and tourism are also two of the three main economic pillars in the Limpopo Province (the other one being mining as expected), and have the potential to create jobs as well. The Green Economy Accord 2011 reaffirmed and consol-idated South Africa’s commitment “to reduce the country’s dependency on coal-based energy”, and identified numerous opportunities in green econ-omy that will eventually create close to half a million of jobs by 2020. Well, they might not be enough compared to the mining sector, but if given the capacity, the green economy can create more sustainable jobs. Let’s face it, this is the industry that must be given preference over coal mining, if we are really serious about climate change and carbon-emission reductions.
Furthermore, a number of well-craft-ed strategic documents and programmes exist and are aimed at meeting South Africa’s obligation to reduce carbon emission by 34% in 2020. If you have gone through the national documents you will agree with me that we do look good on paper when it comes to environmental issues and sustainable development. All the above-mentioned frameworks give the green light to sus-tainable development, which has been dubbed as one of the ways to boost our
global competiveness in social devel-opment.
Be that as it may, it is confusing to see the very same authorities continuing with the promotion of a carbon-inten-sive economy, something that is in con-tradiction to the above-mentioned stra-tegic documents. One expects a green economy to be more relevant in solving the socioeconomic circumstances of the broader society in the area such as where Coal of Africa’s Vele Colliery is operating. So, why give approval to a non-renewable resources business practice that jeopardizes the natural resources, and sustainable development of the local people through renewable resource’s economic opportunities?
Memorandums of understanding (MOA) were signed, and speeches were made about how harmless the Coal of Africa’s Vele Colliery is to the environ-ment. The question is, what do the other parties in the MOA understand (let me guess, that it’s fine to degrade the envi-ronment, I wonder). On the same note, a seemingly well informed former Coal of Africa CEO John Wallington categorically denied the threat his company poses to the Vele’s surround-ing environment, something that environmentalists have blatantly disapproved of.
To date, we hear of a Coal of Africa’s expansion plans that are worth R220 million. One wonders if Coal of Africa’s claims about environmental management commitment (if there is any) will also be as stringent as its projected
expansion plans, because bulk water resources will be utilised in the process of expanding.
Based on the above pointers, the confident stance that is being shown by the national authorities on how harmless the Coal of Africa mining activities are to the natural resource in that part of Limpopo remains suspicious. It is also astonishing to see how Coal of Africa has sustained their “good environmental management” public image despite the tremendous pressure from the anti-min-ing views by environmentalist organi-sations.
Could this be a green washing or an act of a business falsely depicting itself as environmentally friendly, and exploiting its targeted resource at the expense of the present and future generation?
- Allen Tshautshau, Environmental Control Officer and South African National Antarctic Programme’s Deputy Team Leader at Marion Island. (Letter shortened)
I 100% agree. I am also still playing for a SAB team. To us as players there is nothing wrong with the medical team on the pho-to as they don’t have a real clue on how to assist injured players. Water and some ice blocks will sort him out. - Khaba Lenjha
Local business should do some social community investment and try and help here and there. Even the Municipality should help in providing such facilities in sports, as it will encourage youngsters to focus on sport. As a result less of them will get bored and there will be less crime! This will cause a huge development in the health status of youngsters, an increase in the years of living and all in all an increase in the economy. - Azwi Mawela
Imagine if the guy falls! Mu2 hoyu u khou engedzeliwa pain lollllllll! - Tshivhenga Sathiel
Wishing him a speedy recovery - Blessings Masala Rasalanavho
Dear fellow readers,Please note that the com-
ments attributed to the chief executive officer of Louis Trich-ardt Memorial Hospital have been received out of context by many of our fellow readers.
The shortage that has been referred to relate to professional nurses. Professional nurses are the ones who are advised to submit
their applications which shall therefore be submitted as a request for approval to both the district and the province.
Our apologies for any inconven-ience caused.
- Kutelani SigidiDeputy Manager: Communi-
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A month-long art-development training project for juvenile pris-oners held recently at Mavambe Youth Development Centre at Bo-sasa, Arts behind the Walls, ended on a high note when a fun day was held at the centre.
Funded by the National Lottery, the project is aimed at equipping juveniles with the necessary creative skills and assisting them to open alter-natives avenues to live their lives. The training was facilitated in association with the Thohoyandou Arts and Cul-ture Centre Forum, with funds from the Cultural Development Trust.
The participants of the programme, who are young offenders, were di-vided into four different art forms of their choice, namely drama, visual art,
music and dance. Most of the participants had never
had exposure to such a level of arts involvement in their lives and thus found it inspiring.
Speaking on the achievement of the project, Ms Nzali Jordan from the Cultural Development Trust said she was happy to see how the participants responded to the training. "Your talents show that you do not belong here. You can reintegrate into society and continue with what you have been taught,” she added.
One of the facilitators, Rendani Mudau, pledged to continue working with such projects as it inspires the youngsters to pursue their talents.
All the youngsters who participated received certificates.
Arts project for juvenile prisoners a huge success
Mr Daniel Smata (right) receives his cheque during the event. Photographed shortly after the ceremony were, from left to right, Ms Fraena Mashego, Mr Llewellyn Nel (owner), the assistant manager, Mr Mac Mosefowa, the manager, Kobus Klopper, and Smata.
The owner of the Elim Engen Service Station, Mr Llewellyn Nel, believes that educating one person in a community is like educating the entire community.
He was speaking to competi-tion winners during a ceremony at the Elim Mall last Thursday.
“We thank our customers for supporting us.
We are giving them prizes like bursaries, which will either help them or anyone from their families to further their studies,”
he said.The filling station gave their
competition winners prizes rang-ing from a bursary or plasma TV to petrol vouchers. The compet-itors entered for the competition when the Engen filling station opened.
Mr Daniel Smata, the winner of the R10 000 educational bur-sary, said he would use it for his childrens’ studies.
"My children love school and this money will help them,” he said.
According to the filling sta-tion's manager, Mr Kobus Klop-per, they still need more support from the community. “We have done this for them to show that we appreciate their support. It is not our garage, but it is for our customers,” he said.
He added that education was a priority and emphasised that the communities should focus on that goal. He also said there were more competitions to come and the emphasis would be on education.
Service station invests in local education
Women from different schools in the Luvuvhu Circuit in Vhembe district closed Women´s Month in style. The women, clad beautifully in different traditional attire, gathered at the Miracle Church in Thohoyandou, where they were addressed by different motivational speakers. Here they are seen with the circuit manager, Mr Rambani (seated third from right).
The elevation of the Archbishop Nthatheni Motshoare to the higher office of the National Interfaith Council in South Africa (NICSA) in Limpopo was seen as a big achievement by the village of Khubvi. The good news was also joyfully received by the local traditional leader, Chief Thinawanga Randima, who, together with his people, organised a big celebratory function for Motshoare. The event, held recently at the local sports field, was attended by an MP, Dr Mathole Motshega, the acting Vhembe executive mayor, Ms Lucy Mulaudzi, dignitaries from different religions, community organisations, traditional healers and traditional leaders.
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The Heaven Sent Pre-Primary School in Makhado (Louis Trichardt) celebrated Casual Day by wearing big and colourful hats to school. In the front is the three-year-old Katlego Sebola. At the back from left to right are Mawana Masinyane (5) and Faranani Makananise (3). Photo supplied.
Thabisile Mahatlane and Patricia Mpapele, photographed at the campus of the University of Pretoria during the Moot Court Competition.
Thabisile Mahatlane and her friend, Patricia Mpapele, both 17-year-old girls, were among the brightest young minds that progressed to the recent nation-al top 10 of the national Moot Court Competition.
They lost in the semifinals, held at the University of Preto-ria. Despite their loss, the two pupils from Mahonisi Learn-ing Centre acknowledged how much they enjoyed their journey from the initial commencement of the competition. The Moot Court Competition is a simulation exercise in which participants play the parts of lawyers in a fictitious court case.
Pupils are provided with an opportunity to develop their research, writing and oral advoca-cy skills. The competi-tion required two people from the same school and Thabisile had per-suaded her friend to partner her and join the competition. “This com-
petition was more than a com-pletion to me, but also a learning experience,” she added. The two pupils progressed from the dis-trict level to the provincial level until they represented Limpopo in the national competition.
Patricia admitted it was chal-lenging, but mentioned that it had helped her understand the fundamental aspects of the Con-stitution. “This wouldn’t have
been possible without the assis-tance from the faculty of Law of the University of Venda,” added Thabisile.
She is excited about perform-ing as a lawyer while she is still in school. She thanked her school, her friend Patricia and Adv Makulana from Univen for grooming her. “It brings joy to me and my partner to be cham-pions in our province,” she said.
Pupils participate in Moot Court contest
200 Hippo water rollers for Qaza village
Ms Marcia Mathsa of Nedbank, Executive Mayor Tshitereke Matibe, Ndhuna Eric Risenga of Qazavillage and Ms Maria Mathonsi, photographed during the handing over of water rollers at Qaza Village.
It was a huge relief to the com-munity of Qaza village outside Thohoyandou when they re-ceived 200 Hippo water rollers during a ceremony last Friday.
Water remains a problem for many villages in Vhembe. Executive Mayor Tshitereke Matibe welcomed the partnership between the district municipal-ity and Nedbank in the provi-sion of the water rollers to the community. “Vhembe District Municipality is a water service authority and we are expected to deliver clean, potable water to
our communities. Our infrastruc-ture is overloaded, dilapidated and tampered with by people who are connecting water illegally,” said Matibe.
He added that all these chal-lenges are hindering the district from fulfilling its role of provid-ing clean and drinkable water. “We have set aside more than R500 million to upgrade and maintain the Xikundu water scheme, which supplies water to areas such as Maphophe, Makul-eke Qaza, Mhinga and other parts of Nthlaveni and the Xikundu
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Umalusi accreditation for Paradise Maname Ronald Phadziri (81) laid to rest
A little boy from Madabani village, Rotondwa Thenzheni (2), is a tragic victim of painful lizard skin disease.
He started to develop lizard skin all over his body shortly after he was born at the Tshilwavhusiku Health Centre in 2011. According to his mother, he is in constant pain and has never smiled for the past two years. He cannot walk, play or do anything for himself. All he does is sleep and cry all day and night.
His unemployed mother, Norah Thenzheni (32), says after her son developed the disease, she was referred to the Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital by the nurses at Tshilwavhusiku. She looked very sad in an interview with Limpopo Mirror at her home last week. She added that she had already visited several doctors, traditional healers, and various hospitals in the province, but she nobody was able to help her son.
She mentioned that she had spent a lot of money, but to no avail. She said that she had consulted “prophets” and several kinds of medication were used, but nothing came of it.
Private doctors diagnosed the problem as an allergy and prescribed more medication. She says she has lost hope that her son will ever be cured by “Western” medicine. “We have done everything in our power to have our boy cured,” she added.
“I wish if I can get a Good Samaritan to help me get rid of this skin disease,” Norah said. “Those who want to assist can call me on 083 7219328.”
When Paradise Maname Com-bined School opened its doors in 2004, little did the Nzhelele community know that this new independent school would ulti-mately become an oasis in the wilderness of education.
The school obtained 100% pass rate in the 2012 Grade 12 results and was also accredited by Umalusi (the Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training) for the next seven years - from 1 May 2013 up to 30 April 2020.
he school is qualified to con-duct all activities as required by the strict professional body.
“Meeting all Umalusi’s re-quirements was not a walk in the park,” recalls the director of the school, Dr Ntavhanyeni Phaswa-na. Nzhelele West circuit manag-er Ms Ndifelani Nnduvheni was impressed by these outstanding achievements.
“When the MEC for Edu-cation, Ms Dikeledi Magadzi, announced the Grade 12 results in December, she demanded
a 100% pass rate from me.” The principal of the school, Ms Angie’tjie Phaswana, promised that the effort of her dedicated and hardworking teachers would give them good results.”Whereas many schools in the province are doing mathematical literacy and general subjects, Paradise is doing physical science and mathematics. Those are subjects perceived to be difficult for both pupils and teachers. Be that as it may, our pupils will do well,” added Phaswana.
Community members paid their last respects to a well-known Lutheran Church veteran and younger brother of the owner of Phadziri Bus company, one of the founders of Gogobole Bucs FC and community leader Mr Ronald Phadziri, who was laid to rest at Gogobole on Saturday.
He recently died at the age of 81 after a short illness.
All speakers described Phadziri as a pioneer, a born leader and a man of vision.
According to Mr George Mapha la , Phadziri was a good m a n w h o h e l p e d everyone, despite the circumstances. He said the family and church members were in great pain after losing one of their beloved mem-bers.
“We are greatly sad-dened by his death, but we will have to accept it, because God’s will has been done.”
His son, Makana, said that his father was very solemn, re-
strained and dignified man. “For so many years, he served selflessly and
faithfully in parishes throughout the country, and in those dark days he made himself available day and night to all who needed him,” he added.
On behalf of the Gogobole Royal Council, Mr Muswolwa Malema he said the grief which the family was experiencing “also touches us and we will always remember him, because he had done so many good things for this community.”
Family members pose in front of the tombstone of Mr Ronald Phadziri.
Paradise Maname Combined School teachers hold some of their awards as well as the Umalusi Certificate. From left to right are Ms Mpho Netsianda, Ms Jolly Mphephu, Mr Nndweleni Masakona, Ms Angie´tjie Phaswana (principal), Mr Dingilizwe Dube, Mr Wilfred Matizha (deputy principal), Mr Gabriel Ndlovu, Ms Gladys Nekuvule and Mrs Elisa Nedohe.
The Njhakanjhaka Traditional Council is ac-cusing Makhado Municipality of taking a piece of land rightfully belonging to the council and handing it to the Waterval community for use as a graveyard at Shikuhele B, near the Luvhola state plantation in Elim.
“The process was done without proper consulta-tion with the council,” said the council’s chairman, Mr Vicky Muvhali.
According to him, the council agreed to give the Waterval community one hectare of land for a graveyard. The agreement between the council and the Waterval community (and municipality) was such that the Waterval community (or the municipality, on behalf of the community) should have had the site development assessment done for a two-hectare site, of which one hectare was for the Waterval community and the other for the Elim-Shirley-Njhakanjhaka communities.
Makhado Municipality’s spokesperson Louis Bobodi maintains that the municipality followed the right procedures in acquiring the piece of land. “We have held several meetings with the council, including with the Department of Public Works,” said Bobodi.
newspaper sent a media inquiry to Department of Public Works’ spokesperson, Pat Kgomo. Kgomo was requested to clarify or confirm if the land belongs to the Depatment of Public Works and to confirm the validity of such a donation to the municipality. So far, Kgomo has not answered to our media inquiry. Telephonic follow-ups proved fruitless, since he is either in a meeting or too busy to speak with the media.
However, Muvhali feels that the Department of Public Works surely knows that the department does not hold any title deed for the land. “Who gave Public Works the land? Are they despising our honourable Chief?” said Muvhali.
Muvhali said that the council did not have any problem with giving the Waterval community a piece of land for a graveyard.
“The municipality normally demands a levy of some sort from any family who uses the graveyard each time there’s a death,” said Muvhali. “Why should the municipality gain money by selling grave spaces to our poor people, when the land rightfully belongs to the council and not the mu-nicipality?”
The Mutale police are looking for information about the next of kin of Mr Carlos Xavier.
Xavier, who is believed to be from Mozambique, does not speak and only smiles and nodds his head, was found wandering in the Tshixwadza area in January this year. His one hand has been amputated at the palm and he keeps it wrapped.
Mutale police spokesperson W/O Tshilidzi Nyambeni said that the po-lice were called to Tshixwadza village in January this year about a young man who was wandering around the village, wearing a dress. Seeing that the man wasn’t acting normally, the police took him to Donald Fraser hospital for mental observation and
he was found to be fine.“The man couldn’t speak Tshiv-
enda and spoke only Portuguese. Through an interpreter, he was able to tell us that he was from the Tete province in Mozambique,” said Nyambeni. Nyambeni added that, since then, Carlos hasn’t been able to speak another word and that all he does is smile. “We have tried to trace him even through Home Affairs, but couldn’t get anything. We are keep-ing him in our holding cells until his family members come to take him,” he added.
Anyone who might know where Xavier is from or his family is asked to call Nyambeni on 082 477 8494 or 015 967 800.
Njhakanjhaka Traditional Council´s senior headman, Mr John Ntaveni, and chairperson Mr Vicky Muvhali are photographed here at the old, full graveyard at Elim.
“We were prepared to pay (money to) the council for that land after the evaluation pro-cess on the ground. But Public Works made it clear to the council that it is the [department’s] land.”
He then explains that the Department of Pub-lic Works subsequently donated the land to the municipality. There-fore, the municipality is continuing with the graveyard project. “The council must produce a title deed or proof of ownership, so that the municipality can pay them,” says Bobodi.
On 27 August, this
Black Leopards will be play-ing their home matches at the Seshego Stadium, as the Venda-based one, Makhuvha Stadium, doesn’t meet the Premier Soccer League (PSL) standards.
PSL officials inspected the Makhuvha Stadium last week and reported back that it needed to be upgraded. Now, Lidoda Duvha will continue training and playing matches at the Seshego Stadium.
Leopards’ new manager, Mr Elvis “Disco” Booi, said they will be hosting African Warriors at Seshego this afternoon (Fri-day). He said they had no injury
concerns and the players were ready for the match. “We have been training for the whole week, rectifying all the mistakes that happened when we played the first NFD match against Roses United in Bloemfontein, where we played to a 0-0 draw. Our boys missed brilliant chances. They should have done better,” he added.
On Sunday, they played a friendly game against Univen FC and beat the students in the practise match 7-0.
The head of sports, arts and culture of the Thulamela mu-nicipality, Mr Ronald Makhadi,
confirmed that the Makhuvha Stadium is not up to standard and contractors are busy com-pleting it in order to fit the Safa standards.
“After its completion, Safa officials will come and assess it,” said Makhadi.
Saturday’s NFD fixtures are: Thanda Royal Zulu vs Santos, Roses United vs United FC, Maluti FET College vs Baroka FC, Milano United FC vs Jomo Cosmos and Chipas United vs FC Cape Town. Sunday’s matches are Sivutsa Stars vs Witbank Spurs and Vasco da Gama vs Blackburn Rovers.
By Frank Mavhungu
Blue Eagles hold Rospa to a draw
Musasa Mukhethwa of Blue Eagles controls the ball.
In their rehearsal match that was played at the Tshitun-gulwane grounds on Sunday, Muziafera Blue Eagles rose to the occasion and held Rospa United to a goalless draw.
It was a second disappoint-ment for the United fans in a row, after their team lost 0-3 to Baroka FC in their friendly match at the Jane Furse Stadium in Sekhukhune the previous day.
As if they were campaign-ing in the same division, Blue Eagles managed to match their elder brothers pound for pound in all departments. The absence of Happy Mahuntsi in the Eagles striking force was evident from the onset as there was no one to keep the United defence running for cover.
Blue Eagles threatened to score in the 18th minute. The former Rospa United midfield-er, Shandukani Mukoma, went loose from the middle of the park and lost possession on the brink of unleashing from the edge of the box. The Unit-ed overlapping midfielders, Samuel Mohloa and Zweli Zwane, initiated some prom-ising dual moves from behind, but Zwane caused an upset by shooting straight to the keeper from close range.
United introduced Katlego Nkhumane and Pfunzo Dzwu-guda for Tumelo Moeti and Tapelo Mabuza respectively in the 39th minute. The United
keeper, Khathalani Chauke, was put to the test three minutes into the last half. Lindelani Muavha tried his luck from the 35-meter area with a volley. Chauke made his presence felt by stretching to the limit to palm the ball away for a corner kick.
In their desperate search for goals, United effected more changes to their starting lineup
later in the second half, but that did not change the complexion of the game.
Blue Eagles were all over United in the last 20 minutes of the game, but their strikers were unlucky. Phindulo Sadiki of Blue Eagles was brought down outside the box in the dying minutes, but the referee remained silent.
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Gwamasenga United Brothers were crowned the champions of the Big Four Soccer Tournament last Saturday. The tournament was staged at the Tsianda Gwamasenga grounds.
United Brothers beat Mukula Young Santos 3-0 in the final. As it was a winner-takes-all tour-nament, only the champions, United Brothers, were presented with a cash prize (R2 000) during a ceremony that was held at the grounds shortly after the final.
Four teams, Mukula Young Santos, Tshiphuseni All Stars, Vhembe FET College and the hosts, Gwamasenga United Brothers, took part in the one-day event. The first semifinal was between Gwamasenga United Brothers and Tshiphuseni All Stars. Although All Stars were the first to draw blood, they lost 2-3 to United Brothers.
Mukula Young Santos and Vhembe FET Col-lege played in the second semifinal. Vhembe tried everything within their power to frustrate their op-ponents through their dribbling skills, but at the end they lost 0-2. Gwamasenga United Brothers took the game to the visitors from the onset in the final.
It took them only nine minutes to open their account. Santos created some dangerous moves from behind, but their effort was not enough to stop the home side from scoring two more goals late in the last half.
According to the organisers, the aim of staging the event was to put their newly signed players to the test before the league activities for the new season start this weekend.
United Brothers are the Big 4 champions
After gaining promotion to the Safa second divi-sion, Joe's Express Football Club are now look-ing ahead for a new life in the higher division. According to the team’s managing director, Mr Joe Malala, their celebrations for promotion ended at the Jane Furse Stadium in Sekhukhune on Sunday as they started with their prepara-tions for the start of the new season.
Joe’s Express were one of the top two teams in the SAB League promotional play-offs which were staged at the Jane Furse Stadium in Sekhukhune over the past weekend. When asked what he attrib-uted the team’s success to, Malala said that it was the teamwork between the management and the players which made it possible for them to achieve their set goals.
He further indicated that they will effect some changes to the team and the technical staff. He re-iterated, however, the fact that the players who had helped to promote the team will not be dumped for
the sake of changing the complexion of the team, saying they would only reinforce the departments that needed it.
He praised the players for making the whole of the Mutale municipal area proud, saying the promotion had not come cheaply.
When asked about the team’s new home ground, Malala said that it was common knowledge that there was no suitable venue to host Safa second division league matches in the Mutale municipal area. He said that they would be forced to either use Makwarela Stadium or search for a suitable venue in Musina which they could use as their home ground.
The exciting road ahead of Joe’s Express
The U/13 team of Benny’s Care Academy ended in third position in the national championships.
The pride of youth soccer in Limpopo, Benny's Care Academy, showed character and determination during the Milo U/13 national finals, which were played at the Mat-losana Stadium in Klerksdorp (North West) last Friday and Saturday.
They finished third in the competition. They beat Western Cape 1-0 and the Eastern Cape 3-0, lost 1-3 on penalties to Mpumalanga and beat North
West 3-2 in the loser’s final.The manager of the team,
Mr Tshilidzi Sidebi, said the team had received tremendous support from the principal and teachers. “Just getting to the national finals has made a difference to the boys in terms of confidence and motivation,” he added. He said that the team played well, but were over-ex-cited in the semifinals. The President of SASFA Limpopo, Mr Hulisani Mabasa, congrat-
ulated the team and said that the importance of sports in the lives of young people was valuable “and goes much fur-ther than the basic answer that it keeps them off the streets.” He said sports provided many positive opportunities for the community, especially school children. “Good sportsmanship provides guidelines that can be used in the classroom. It also teaches children to function in a competitive society.”
By Kaizer Nengovhela
Benny’s Care third in national finalThe mayor of the Makha-do Municipality, Cllr David Mutavhatsindi, will officially launch a readathon campaign at the Buysdorp Community Hall tomorrow (Saturday).
The aim of the campaign is to
encourage children to read and write, and the mayor will address pupils from several schools in the area. The launch will start at 10:00. As part of Library Week celebrations, the municipality wants to encourage young people
to read for pleasure. The theme of the event is Unlock your mind, read books.
Cllr Matavhatsindi will also present school uniforms to 20 pupils from disadvantaged back-grounds.
Makhado municipality to launch readathon
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In the estate of the late Vhengani Piet Bologo of identity number 271127 5213 080 of Dzwerani village, Thulamela Mu-nicipality who died on the 09th day of August 2013 and who was married in community of property to Mutshekwa Ndou of identity number: 350604 0363 080, Estate number: 1832/2013. All persons having claims against the above mentioned estate are required to lodge their claims with undersigned within 30 days after the date of publication. Dated and signed at Thohoy-andou on this the 04th day of September 2013. Wisani Baloyi Attor-neys, Office No.12, 02nd Floor, Muremela Med-ical Centre, Opposite Mvusuludzo Taxi Rank, Thohoyandou, 0950, Po Box 3305, Louis Trich-ardt,0920, Cell No: 079 928 8548/ 082 632 4189, Fax no: 015 962 4952, Ref: EST 03/2013
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Thulamela municipality invites prospective service providers to bid for the following services.
INVITATION TO PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS
Private Bag X5066Thohoyandou
0950Limpopo Province
Tel: (015) 962 7500Fax: (015) 962 4020
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Bid No. Project Description Compulsory Briefing Closing Date and Time Enquiries23/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting
Engineers for the survey, designing,compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 460 connections at Malamulele B Extention 1.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H00 14 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
24/2012/2013 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 146 connections at Roadhouse Phase 2.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
25/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 300 connections at Muchipisi.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
26/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 164 connections at Magona.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
27/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 186 connections atDinga.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
28/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 143 connections at Nghomunghomu.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
29/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 143 connections at Mavambe.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
30/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 186 connections at Plange.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
31/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 205 erven at Mphakati Phase 2
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
32/2013/2014 Request for proposal from Consulting Engineers for the survey, designing, compilation of tender document, supervision and commissioning of 241 connections at Altein.
Time: 11H00Date: 18 September 2013Venue: Council Chamber
Time: 11H0014 October 2013
Chauke H D (015) 962 7622Phaswana K(015) 962 7676
Interested Consulting Engineering Companies will be expected to submit the Bid documents with the following compulsory requirements. Reference shall also be made to the tender document for other compulsory requirements.• An Original Valid Tax Clearance Certificate issued by SARS• Company registration documents including Curriculum Vitae of key Personnel.• Proof of updated payments of all the services in the municipality in which the business is registered.• Record of Functionality (Performance) and references where similar services were rendered.• List of similar executed projects with client contact details.• Proof of Indemnity Insurance.• Registration with MSAIEE• Company Profile.
Sealed bid documents must be submitted in an Envelope clearly marked “BID NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION” on the outside and must reach the undersigned by depositing it in the Bid Box in the front of the Main Entrance to the Civic Centre, by no later than the time and date reflected above. All Bids received will be opened in public in the Municipality Boardroom, Civic Centre, Old Agriven Building, Thohoyandou.Bids will be evaluated on the basis of functionality and BBBEE rating as will be reflected on the tender documents.
All Service Provider found underperformed/incompetency/defaulted in paying employed community or other services rendered on their behalf on previous projects will be automatically be disqualified.No late/telephonic/faxed/e-mailed bids will be accepted. Thulamela reserves the rights to accepts or disqualify any bids without compulsory re-quirements.
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DEPARTMENT : CORPORATE SERVICESPOSITION : SENIOR MANAGERREMUNERATION : NEGOTIABLEEmployment Term: 5-year performance-based contract (to be appointed in terms of Sections 56 and 57 of Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and the Local Government Laws Amendment Act, 19 of 2008)REQUEIREMENTS:• NQF Level 7 in fields of Administration/Human
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• Report-writing skills.KEY PERFOMANCES AREAS:• Manage HR management, Training and
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• Provide secretarial services, administer by-laws, and execute Council resolutions.
• Provide strategic support and oversee the provision of support services in all units within the Directorate.
• Develop, review and manage the implementation of Human Resources strategies, plan policies and procedures in line with national policy framework and guidelines.
• Provide strategic leadership in Human Resources strategy implementation and labour matters.
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• Perform the duties and functions as contained in Section 55 of the Local Government Municipal System Act, 2000 (Act 32 of 2000).
• Lead and manage staff and all related matters.
DEPARTMENT : COMMUNITY SERVICESDIVISION : ENVIRONMENTAL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTPOSITION : GENERAL ASSISTANTS (CLEANSING SERVICES)POST LEVEL : 15NUMBER OF POST : 2SALARY SCALE : R91 705.80REQUEIREMENTS• Grade 12 plus 1-2 years registered certificate in
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DEPARTMENT : ROADS AND STORMWATER SERVICESDIVISION : ROADS AND STORMWATERPOSITION : GENERAL ASSISTANTSPOST LEVEL : 15NUMBER OF POSTS : 02SALARY SCALE : R91 705.80REQUEIREMENTS:• Grade 12 and N3 in Civil Engineering..• Computer literate.• Valid Driver’s Licence.
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DEPARTMENT : FINANCIAL SERVICESPOSITION : INTERNSNUMBER OF POST : 03SALARY : R72 000.00 per annumDURATION : TWO (2) YEARS FIXED CONTRACTREQUIERMENTS• B.Comm. Degree or National Diploma with
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DEPARTMENT : HOUSING & ELECTICAL SERVICESDIVISION : ELECTRICITYPOSITION : GENERAL ASSISTANTSPOST LEVEL : 15NUMBER OF POSTS : 02SALARY SCALE : R91 705.80REQUIREMENTS• Grade 12 and N3/L3 Electrical Engineering Heavy
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DEPARTMENT : HOUSING & ELECTICAL SERVICESDIVISION : ELECTRICITYPOSITION : GENERAL ASSISTANTPOST LEVEL : 15NUMBER OF POSTS : 01SALARY SCALE : R91 705.80REQUIREMENTS• Grade 12and N3 in Electro - Mechanical
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• Able to read and write.DUTIES• Perform any general work assigned by supervisor.• To repair and install air conditioner.• Render regular services to air conditioners.• And any other duties delegated by the supervisor.
DEPARTMENT : HOUSING & ELECTRICAL SERVICESDIVISION : BUILDINGPOSITION : GENERAL ASSISTANTPOST LEVEL : 15NUMBER OF POSTS : 01SALARY SCALE : R91 705.80REQUIREMENTS• Grade 12 and N3 in Civil Engineering with 1 – 3
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NB. Fraudulent qualifications or documents will immediately disqualify any application. An application form and comprehensive CV with certified copies of certificates to be forwarded to: The Municipal Manager, P / Bag X5066, Thohoyandou, 0950 or may be handed in at office No. 130b during working hours. For administrative enquiries contact: Sikhwivhilu N.M @015 962 7686. The closing date is 2013/10/03. Should you not be contacted within 30 days after the closing date, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful.
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Essential Criteria: • Experience with South African payroll , cash book reconciliation and creditors payments • Effective oral and written communication skills • Attention to detail, numerical aptitude and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and compile figures • Exemplary disciplinary and employment record.
Duties: • Captures payroll information on the VIP system and posts batches to the General Ledger • Reviews pay run and corrects errors to ensure payroll accuracy• Keeps accurate payroll, periodic earnings and personnel records and reconciles tax, statutory and medical deductions • Collates, records, reconciles and files creditor , expense allocation and outstanding liability documentation •Prepares and records payments and receipts in electronic cashbooks and reconciles to the bank statement• Matches orders, GRN s and invoices to ensure timeous creditor payment• Complies with South African laws and SACM policies •Attends to other duties as directed by management.
Job rotation: • The successful candidate will rotate jobs in the interests of career development and operational requirements of the facility. The successful candidate will initially be deployed in the Payroll and creditors department.
Written applications with a comprehensive curriculum vitae and contactable references should be forwarded to: The Human Re-source Manager, SACM, Private Bag x2006, Louis Trichardt 0920 or email to [email protected] . Closing date for applica-tions is 27 September 2013. Short-listed candidates may be required to write a competency test as part of the selection process. Enquiries: HR Manager – 015 519 4500
“Applicants, who have not been contacted by 30 October 2013, must consider their applications as being unsuccessful”. SACM reserves the right not to make any appointment.” Ad designed by Zoutnet Publishers
UPGRADING OF ROADS D4370 (TOMPI SELEKA TO MOGALADI)/D4285 (GA-MATLALA TO GAMMELA TO TSIMANYANE
TO KROMDRAAI)/D4213 (SEBILWANE RIVER BRIDGE) THE SEKHUKHUNE DISTRICT OF LIMPOPO PROVINCE
CONTRACT No. RAL/T539B/2013
The employer is the Roads Agency Limpopo SOC Ltd.
Tender documents are obtainable from the cashier’s office, ground floor, Roads Agency Limpopo SOC, RAL Towers, at 26 Rabe Street (c/o Biccard Street), Polokwane, Telephone (015) 291-4236, upon receipt of non-refundable cash or bank guaranteed cheque payment of R300, 00 per set.
Tender documents are obtainable during the following times: 08:00 to 15:00 (Monday to Friday) as from Monday 16th September 2013.
Bank guaranteed cheques must be made payable to the Roads Agency Limpopo SOC Ltd.
Queries related to the issues of these documents may be addressed to Mr F. Baloyi, Tel No 015 291 4655, and Fax No 015 291 2334, e-mail: [email protected] or E.W.Van Renssen, Tel No. 012 333 9705, Fax No. 086 578 6944, e-mail: [email protected] compulsory clarification meeting with representatives of the employer will take place at intersection of Road, D4100 (Tompi Seleka) and Road, D4370, coordinates (S24˚48’19.65”, E29˚28’15.05”) on Wednesday 18th of September 2013 starting at 11H00.
The closing time for receipt of tender is 11H00 on Friday 04th of October 2013.
Telegraphic, telephonic, telex, facsimile and late tenders will not be accepted.
Tenders, completed as prescribed, shall be sealed in an envelope marked “Tender No. RAL/T539B/2013, Upgrading(Gravel to Tar) of Roads, D4370( Tompi Seleka to Mogaladi)/D4285(Ga-Matlala to Ga-Mmela to Tsimanyane to Kromdraai) and D4213(Sebilwane River Bridge), in the Sekhukhune District of Limpopo province” and deposited in the box located in the entrance foyer (ground floor) of RAL Towers, 26 Rabe Street (c/o Biccard Street), Polokwane.
Tenderers shall have a CIDB class grading of: 7CE or 6CE PE or higher.
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To advertise your Vacancy or Tender on this page, contact Pieter George or
Yolanda at: 015 516 4996
Deadlines for adverts: • Classifi ed adverts: 15:00
Alle bewoners van grond en/of geregistreerde grondeienaars in die Makhado munisipale jurisdiksie word hier-mee in kennis gestel dat RISUNA Property Consultants and Valuers van Giyani, Limpopo Provinsie aangestel is as die Munisipaliteit se waardeerder om die 2014-2018 Munisipale Waardasierol op te stel. Ingevolge die bepalings van artikel 41 van die Plaaslike Bestuur: Wet op Munisipale Eiendomsbelasting, Wet 6 van 2004 mag die Munisipale Waardeerder of enige ander persoon soos deur die Munisipale Waardeerder gemagtig, tussen 07h30 en 19h00 op enige dag behalwe op Sondag of ‘n openbare vakansiedag, enige eiendom in die munisipale gebied wat waardeer moet word, betree en mag die eiendom inspekteer vir waardasie doeleindes.
Neem asseblief kennis dat sodanige persoon soos deur die Munisipale Waardeerder gemagtig is, in besit moet wees van ‘n identiteitskaart met ‘n foto van die betrokke gemagtigde persoon asook ‘n volledige magtiging uit-gereik deur die Munisipale Waardeerder, en moet dit kan toon op aanvraag deur enige bewoner of eienaar van eiedom; die gemagtigde persoon kan ook vergesel wees van ‘n interpreteerder of enige ander persoon wie se bystand rederlikerwys benodig word in die bapaalde omstandighede.
Dit sal waardeer word indien u in ooreenstemming met die bepalings van die genoemde Wet samewerking sal gee deur die Munisipale Waardeerder of sy behoorlik gemagtigde assistant en/of data-kollekteerder toegang tot die eiendom te gee sodat die Munisipaliteit sy werk in die verband kan afhandel.
Enige verder navrae / versoek om klarigheid kan gerig word aan die Munisipale Waardeerder, Mnr Kulani Nkuna by selfoonnommer 072 987 6422
KENNISGEWING VAN INSPEKSIE VAN EIENDOMME: OPSTEL VAN MUNISIPALE WAARDASIEROL VIR 2014 TOT 2018
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Vhadzulapo vhane vha vha na ndaka vha dzulaho nga fhasi ha Masipala wa Makhado vha khou divhadziwa uri RISUNA property consultants and Valuers of Giyani, Limpopo Province vho tiwa u vha vhone Vhasedzulisi Vha Ndeme ya Ndaka nga Masipala kha nwaha wa muvhalelano wa 2014 u swika 2018. Uya nga tshitenwa tsha tshipida tsha mahumi mana na nthihi tsha mulayo wa muvhuso wapo wa ndaka wa vhu 6 wa nwaha wa 2004 (Local Government Property Rates Act, Act no.6 of 2004, section 41) uri Mutoli wa ndaka ya Masipala kana muthu zwawe o fhiwaho mannda nga Masipala u tea u tendelwa u dzhena midini kana afho hure na ndaka iyo u i tola vhukati ha hafu u bva kha iri ya vhutanu na vhuvhili nga matsheloni u swika awara ya vhutanu na vhuvhili nga madekwana duvha linwe na linwe hu sa katelwi Swondaha na holodei ya nnyi na nnyi hu tshi itelwa u tolwa ha ndaka.Kha vha dzhiele ntha uri muthu onoyo o tendelwaho u tea u vhonala nga u vha na garata ya tshinepe tshawe, tsumbo ya mannda o fhelelaho (vhurifhi) o a newaho nga Mutoli wa ndaka, nahone u tea u kona u sumbedza garata ya vhune kana bugu ndaula yawe arali o humbelwa na uri muthu onoyo u fanela u tshimbila na mutalut-shedzi kana muthu munwevho ane a nga thusa kha nyimele ine thuso ya nga todea.
Ri do livhuwa tshumisano yavho kha u do tendela Mutoli wa ndeme ya ndaka wa Masipala kana muthusi wawe a tshi do tola ndaka yavho hu u itela ui Masipala a kone u khunyeledza mushumo uyo..
Vha todaho u pfesesa zwinwe na u sedzulusa zwinwe maelana na fhungo heli vha nga kwamana na Mutoli wa ndeme ya ndaka ya Masipala (Municipal Valuer) vho- Kulani Nkuna kha nomboro ya lutingo ya 072 9876422.
NDIVHADZO YA U TOLIWA HA NDAKA: NDUGISELO YA NDEMEYA YA NDAKA KHA NWAHA WA MUVHALELANO WA 2014 U
SWIKA 2018.
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Vaaka tiko hinkwavo va Masipala wa Makhado mitivisiwa leswaku RISUNA Property Consultants and Valuers vale Giyani, Limpopo Province va thoriwile hi masipala ku katsakanya xikanwe na ku mpimanyeta vhaluwexini rholo ya masipala ya lembe ximali 2014 ku fika 2018. Hiku landza xiyenge xa 41 xa Mfumo Xikaya: Nawu wa mintsengo ya tindzhaka, No 6 of 2004 muvhaluwetara wa masipala kumbe un’wana la pfumeleriweke hi masi-pala u ta pfumeleriwa ku nghena eka muako wun’wana na wun’wana lowu lavaka ku vhaluwetiwa ku sukela hi awara ya 07h30 ku fika awara ya 19h00 eka masiku ya vhiki handle ka Sonto na holodeni.
Milemukisiwa leswaku munhu la pfumeleriweke hi masipala ku vhaluweta tindzhaka ta masipala u fanele kuti kombisa hi karata leri nga na xifaniso xa yena n’winyi na lunghelo ro tala ro huma eka vhaluwetara wa masipala. Muvhaluwetara wa boheka ku hemesa swo ti kombisa hi swona loko a komberiwile. Swi nga endleka munhu loyi a va a ri na mupfuneti wa yena wo hundzuluxela ririmi kumbe unwana langa pfunetaka eka nkarhini wolowo.
Swi nga khenseka swinene loko muvhaluwetara wa masipala hiku landza nawu lowu boxiweke laha henhla a nga pfumeleriwa ku nghena emintini leswaku ata kota ku heta mintirho ya yena leyi a tholeriweke yona.
Swivutiso hinkwaswo kumbe swikombelo swo tikhorwisa swinga yisiwa eka Muvhaluwetara wa masipala, Tatana Kulani Nkuna eka Rinqhingho ra le nyongeni 072 987 6422
XITIVISO XO KAMBELA TINDZHAKA: NKATSAKANYO WA VHALUWEXINI RHOLO YA MASIPALA LEMBE XIMALI 2014
KU FIKA 2018
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All occupants of land and/or registered property owners in the Makhado Municipal jurisdiction are hereby in-formed that RISUNA Property Consultants and Valuers of Giyani, Limpopo Province have been appointed as Municipality’s valuer to compile the 2014-2018 Municipal Valuation Roll. In terms of the provisions of section 41 of the Local Government: Property Rates Act, No 6 of 2004 the municipal valuer or other person authorized by the municipal valuer, may between 07h30 and 19h00 on any day except a Sunday or public holiday, enter any property in the municipality that must be valued, and inspect the property for the purpose of valuation.
Please note that such person authorized by the municipal valuer must be in possession of an identity card containing a photograph of such person and full authority issued by the municipal valuer, and must on demand by any person on the property produce his or her identity card, and such person may be accompanied by an interpreter or any other person whose assistance may be reasonably required in the circumstances.
It will be appreciated if you will in line with the provisions of the said Act, co-operate in permitting the municipal valuer or his duly appointed assistant and/or data collector access to the property in order to enable Municipality to complete its task in this regard.
Any further enquiries / request for verification can be directed to Municipality’s Valuer, Mr Kulani Nkuna at cellular number 072 987 6422
NOTICE OF INSPECTION OF PROPERTIES: MUNICIPAL VALUATION ROLL COMPILATION 2014-2018
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Invitation to a Public Meeting to take a Community Resolution regarding the upgrading of Matshavhawe Village located on a portion of the farm Bloemfontein 223 M.T.
The general public and in specific members of the Mphephu Traditional Community are hereby notified and invited to a public meeting to take a community resolution regarding the upgrading of Matshavhawe Village located on a portion of the farm Bloemfontein 223 M.T. Matshavhawe Village is located approximately 27km to the northeast of Makhado (Louis Trichardt) and covers approximately 230 hectares. The meeting is in line with the provisions of the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act, 1996. The meeting will take place on Sunday 06 October 2013 at 09:00 at the khoro in Matshavhawe Village.
Enquiries: Vhakoma of Chief Magadani – S Nemirani 072 756 6466; Department of Rural Devel-opment & Land Reform – Ms Suzan Molele (015) 297 3539; Pieterse, Du Toit & Associates - Jaco du Plessis (015) 297 4970/1.
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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AUTHORISATIONLEDET Reference Number : 12/1/9/2-V3Project Name : Makhado Colliery Project
The Applicant, Coal of Africa Limited hereby notifies registered Interested and Affected Parties (IAPs) of the granting of the Environmental Authorisation by Limpopo Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (LEDET) on 30 August 2013 for the Makhado Colliery Project in terms of the National Environmental Man-agement Act (NEMA), 1998 (Act 107 of 1998). A copy of the Environmental Authorisation is available upon request from the Public Participation Manager (Naledi Development), which details the conditions as well as reasons for granting the Environmental Authorisation. The LEDET was satisfied that the applicant has complied with the legislative requirements in terms of NEMA. Key factors considered by LEDET in making a decision to grant the authorisation include:-• The nature of the proposed site and proposed activity;• Report on the results of consultation with interested and affected parties and• The possible impacts, the mitigation measures and the recommendations with regard to the proposed
mining activities.In terms of Chapter 7, Regulation 60 of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations of 2010, any person (the appellant) affected by the decision to grant the Environmental Authorisation who wishes to appeal against this decision, must submit a notice of intention to appeal with the MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism within 20 days after the date of the decision i.e. 19 September 2013.The appeal must be submitted to the MEC for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism on an official form published by or obtainable from the relevant department. An appeal must be submitted to the relevant department within 30 days of the lodging of the notice of intention to appeal. For further information, contact Lizinda Dickson, the Public Participation Manager (Naledi Development) at: Phone: 012 543 9093, Fax: 012 543 9610, Email: [email protected] Ad designed by Zoutnet Publishers
Traffic came to a standstill on Sunday evening when a Do Light Transport bus driver and the driver of a bakkie were involved in a road-rage incident at the western entrance to the Makhado Super Spar parking. The bus driver was driving down Songozwi Street with commuters while the driver of the bakkie wanted to turn into the Super Spar parking area. It seems like the drivers disagreed on who should have right of way. According to the onlookers, the bakkie driver stopped in front the bus, stepped out of his car and went inside the Super Spar. He returned moments later with a small packet of mealie meal. Bus occupants and some of the onlookers swore at him blatantly, but he never said a word. He then got inside the vehicle and drove into the parking area, where he finally found a parking spot.
18 13 September 2013 LIMPOPO MIRROR
Thulamela Municipality invites capable service providers for the provision of the following service:
Bid documents will be available as from the 16 September 2013 between 08h00 and 15h30 at office No.02 Thulame-la Municipality, Old Agriven Building, Thohoyandou.
Interested service providers will be expected to submit the prices with the following compulsory requirements:• Original Valid Tax Clearance Certificate Issued by SARS• Company registration documents (e.g. CK) • Companies’ and/or Directors’ proof of payment for the Municipal accounts (rates & taxes) in their area of
jurisdiction.( Not older than Three(3) months) and not in arrears for more than 90 days• Company Profile With detailed information of previously executed projects to the services being tendered for with
client contact details.
NB: Service providers must submit their BBBEE verification certificate from verification agency accredited by South African accreditation system (SANAS) or a registered auditor approved by the Independent Regu-latory Board (IRBA) or an Accounting Officer as contemplated in the corporation and BEE Rating certificate
Sealed bid documents must be submitted in envelopes clearly indicating “BID NUMBER AND DESCRIPTION” on the outside and must reach the undersigned by depositing it into the official Bid Box at the front of the main entrance to the Civic Centre, by no later than 11:00 on 1 October 2013. All Bids received will be opened in public in the Municipality’s Board Room, Civic Centre, Old Agriven Building, Thohoyandou.
The Municipality is not bound to accept the lowest or any Bid and reserves the right to accept any part of a Bid. Bids must remain valid for a period of ninety (90) days after closing date of the submission thereof
Bids which are late, incomplete, unsigned, completed by pencil, sent by telegraph, facsimile , electronically (Fax), or E- mail and without the compulsory requirements will be disqualified.
BID NUMBER DESCRIPTION BID PRICE Contact Person EVALUATION CRITERIABID NO . 59/2012/2013A
Provision of Survey Services (3 years contract)
R206-00 (Non Refundable)
Mr Mudzunga M (015 962 7578) or Mr Chauke H.D (015 962 7622)
Supply and delivery of refuse removal Compactor Truck
R342-00 (Non Refundable)
Ms Rambuda T.L (072 141 3369)or Ms Mudau P. (015 962 7543)
90/10 preference points system will be used. BBBEE status level of contribution = 10 points
MR MATHIVHA M.H.MUNICIPAL MANGER
INVITATION TO BID RE-ADVERTISEMENT
Private Bag X5066Thohoyandou
0950Limpopo Province
Tel: (015) 962 7500Fax: (015) 962 4020
(015) 962 5328
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Destitute family of six need serious intervention from municipality
Maria Marhumeke, her four chil-dren and her elderly mother have
yet again requested to stay with their neighbours for fear of living in a hazardous mud ron-davel at Mambedi in
Valdezia, near Elim.This follows a year after the
former construction project manager at Coghsta, Thabo Ledwaba, prom-ised that a house would be built for the indigent family.
The family’s makeshift shelter was destroyed by a rain storm which swept through Vhembe in October last year.
After that setback, they built a mud rondavel,
but now ants have gnawed away the thatched roofi ng and its poles.
“This roof can fall on us at any time,” said Maria, pointing at the rafters covered with ants’ soil.
The Valdezia-Mambedi Sanco branch feels that the municipality should treat the Marhumeke family as a disaster case and build them an RDP house. “This family is suffering, and God might punish somebody if this house were to collapse and bury them within the rubble,” said Sanco’s chairperson Reggie Maluleke.
Makhado Municipality’s spokes-person, Louis Bobodi, said that the municipality was not aware of the
family’s plight and promised to send Ward 28’s Cllr Alpheus Mmbadi to assess the situation. Bobodi con-fi rmed last Tuesday that Mmbadi had fi nally visited the Marhumeke and found that their living conditions were “unwelcome”.
“We are still considering whether we should put them on an emergency housing list,” said Bobodi.
“Mmbadi found that whatever you (the journalist) said in your e-mail about the family’s poor living condi-tion is true.”
Maria doesn’t have an ID book; neither does she know her age. Her four children do not receive child support grants, since they do not have birth certifi cates.
The two children, Witty (8) and Tinyiko (16), quit school early this year. “We had no uniforms and other kids were laughing at us,” said Witty.
Mambedi Senior Primary School’s principal, Ms Rose Mdaka, said that she had persuaded Tinyiko not to quit school.
“She quit school twice - last year and this year in January,” said Mdaka. “She said there was no food at home and that she wanted to move around seeking money.”
Mdaka maintains that even today, when Tinyiko sees her on the street, she just runs away.
Maria Marhumeke said that she had lost all hope and faith.
“We ask our honourable mayor to come and see our pain,” said a weeping Maria.
Department: MAINTENANCEReporting to: Maintenance Manager
Education/Qualification:- Appropriate N4 in Electrical Engineering and/or relevant qualification from a recognized
institution.- Minimum Experience:3-5 years experience in all aspects of Electrical repairs and maintenance. - Knowledge of Industrial kitchen, Laundry equipment, Air conditioners and Refrigeration
Appliances.- Possession of a wireman’s license will be an added advantage.Duties: - To provide and maintain an effective safe electrical, TV, gas and water reticulation at the HotelOther: - Candidate must have good interpersonal skills, - Must be responsible, hard working and motivated, willing to work long hours and night shifts. - Computer Literacy will be an advantage.
The appointment is conditional on being granted a certificate of approval by the Limpopo Gambling Board.
You must meet the minimum requirements in order to apply.
Applications Close: Friday, 20 September 2013
Your completed Internal Application form, together with your CV must be forwarded to the Human Resources Department to e-mail address:
Applicants who are not contacted within two weeks after the closing date should accept that their applications were unsuccessful.
Khoroni is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Vacancy: MAINTENANCE SupERVISORKhoroni hotel casino conVention resort
Top: Ms Maria Mar-humeke and her three children sit at the back of their mud rondavel.
Left: Maria and her m o t h e r M u d j a d j i (right) and Maria’s children stand near their previous abode, which was damaged by a rain storm last year.
14:00.* Colour adverts: Mondays 16:00Mugeyi Mafela of Arsenal controls the ball, while Tshikosi Mashau is
chasing from behind.
Tshikwani Stone Breakers won the Tshimamukhi tournament after beating Madombidzha Arsenal in the final match at
Mureleni on Sunday.Arsenal was the superior side
from the onset as far as posses-sion of the ball was concerned.
This resulted in their putting more pressure on the defence of Breakers for the better part of the match. The second half was char-
acterised by dangerous play from the Breakers players.
In an attempt to calm the situation, the referee flashed several yellow cards. Morethe Letlalo and Tshikosi Mashau for Breakers were booked for the applica-tion of dirty tricks and dangerous play. Mashau was later replaced by Masala Tshinanga, but this did not have any in-fluence on the outcome of the match.
In the last 10 min-utes, Breakers started to chance the action as Arsenal enjoyed ball possession
The draw was a fair result for the evenly contested match. The final score was nil-nil and the two teams went into a penalty shoot-out. Breakers won by 5-4.
Tshikwani Stone Breakers win tournament
Workers of Checkers in Makhado (Louis Trichardt) were photographed wearing casual clothes during Casual Day last Friday. From left to right in our photo are Matome Mabeba, Gladsy Sandani, Moses Tseisi, Cathrine Maluleke, Gloria Nthulane, Luvhengo Madavha and Brenda Mphagi.
Joe’s Express FC.
Joe’s Express Football man-aged to make the grade during the SAB League promotional play-offs which were staged at the Jane Furse Stadium in Sekhukhune over the past weekend.
The team from the Northern part of Vhembe District meant business from their first match against Masokolara FC from Sekhukhune.
As if they were hypnotised, the hosts did not respond when Joe’s Express scored three beautiful goals in the game.
Their second game was against the Waterberg side, Ocean Birds, whom they brutally walloped 7-2. Things turned against Joe’s Ex-press in their third game, which was played on Sunday morning. They lost 0-2 to Winners Park from the Mopani District.
Their fourth and last match
was against Molemole Acad-emy from Capricorn District. Molemole were leading 2-0 at some stage, but Joe’s Express did not throw in the towel. They continued to fight like a united team and at the end it worked for them. They managed to make a late comeback and scored three goals, to finish the tournament with nine points.
In the other promotional play-off matches, Molemole Academy started the tournament with a bang. They beat the hosts, Masokolara FC, 2-0 on Saturday morning, but Ocean Birds from Waterberg were the hardest hit. They were brutally walloped 0-11 by Winners Park from Mopani. Winners Park contin-ued to collect points by beating Molemole Academy 2-0 in their second match.
Winners Park secured a place
in the Safa Second Division by beating Joe’s Express 2-0 in their third match on Sunday morning. The only match which Ocean Birds had won was against Masokolara FC, whom they beat 4-2. Although their final match was a formality, as they had already gained promotion to the higher division, Winners Park gave Masokolara FC a 4-0 soccer lesson in their final match on Sunday afternoon. Molemole Academy beat Ocean Birds 2-1 in their fourth match.
The top two teams in the tour-nament, Joe’s Express and Win-ners Park, will be campaigning in the Safa second dvision when the activities for the new season start in three weeks' time. Five teams, Joe’s Express, Masokolara FC, Winners Park, Molemole Acad-emy and Ocean Birds, took part in the two-day event.
Joe’s Express promoted to 2nd Division
Olivia Chitatchi, last year´s winner of the half-marathon for women.
Nkosiyazi Sibanda will attempt to win the 16th Two Countries Marathon tomorrow.
Well-known Bethuel Netshifhefhe says he aims to win the race this year.
Two Countries Marathon
The winner of last year’s Two Countries Marathon from Zimbabwe to South Africa, Nkosiyazi Sibanda of Zimbabwe, will be at-tempting to win the 16th race again tomorrow (Saturday).
Can Nkosiyazi Sibanda win again?Sibanda said that he trained hard to win and
also to set a new course record. Well-known local favourite Bethuel Netshifhefhe (Nedbank Athletics Club) says he is in perfect condition and ready to become the new champion. According to him, he cannot let his fans and his country down. Netshifhefhe ended in third position last year and finished six minutes behind the champion.
Michael Ngaseke of Mr Price Athletics Club, who finished the race in second position last year, however, says that he is going to win the race.
The veteran female runner, Jane Mudau, says that she trained very hard, but another favourite, Joyce Makwarela, states that she has set her eyes on the first prize and gold medal in the ladies’ race.
Last year, Olivia Chatachi of the Nedbank Club won the half-marathon for females.
According to the organiser from Musina Mu-nicipality, Mr Mathews Sithole, the main purpose of the marathon is to promote long-distance run-ning in the area. Sithole appealed to the runners to be punctual at the registration point and said that several prizes were at stake.
The race is organised by the Soutpansberg Athletics Club and cash prizes of about R73 000 will be awarded. The winner of the marathon will win R7 000 in the open races for men and women and the winners of the half-marathons will receive R3 000 each. The winners of the 10km races will receive R1 000 each.
The mayor of the Musina Municipality, Cllr Carol Phiri, will present the prizes after the race.
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Stars win Sesonke games 2-1Madombidzha Western Stars were too good for Tshiozwi Dynamos and beat them 2-1 in the fi nal match of the Sesonke tournament at the Tsh-iozwi grounds on Sunday.
The score was not a true refl ection of the game. The fi rst half was char-acterised by wasted chances, with the home team dominating the proceedings. Velaphi Mphaphuli of Dynamos was unlucky when his volley hit the crossbar and bounced outside the pitch for a goal kick. Stars opened their account in the 27th minute. Ridovhona Singo scored after a square pass from Thabo Matuba. Tsie Nnd-wambi of Dynamos was cautioned for obstructing Rio Ramabulana. Dynamos tried hard to reduce the margin, but
the defence of their opponents denied them several opportunities. Mashudu Nengovhela of Dynamos scored their only goal after he passed three de-fenders in row and scored easily in the 54th minute. The visiting team went further ahead in the 68th minute, when Maanda Magoro was tripped within the box. That was a clear penalty for the home team. Thabo Matuba put
matters beyond doubt, when he showed the Dynamos keeper, Thendo Shishivhi, the wrong way from the penalty spot.
Dynamos left Domic Mafuleni in the dressing room at half time. He gave way to Try Sebola. In the dying minutes, Matodzi Maruli should have
equalised, but he hesitated for too long with the ball and a defender intercepted the ball.
Maanda Magoro of Stars dribbles past his opponent, Stoper Mulaudzi.
unlucky when his volley
Dominic Mafuleni of Dyanamos (left) tries to intercept the ball from Maanda Magoro and Thabo Matuba is waiting to pounce on any mistake
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