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A Tafelkop resident, Edward Khoza, is nothappy about the treatment he received atRammupudu Clinic in the village. Edward (21),told the Dispatch that he was harassed by rudenurses who ended up giving him wrong medi-cation.Edward was attacked by three criminals whowere trying to rob her on the night of Saturday7 May. A fight broke out when the criminalstried to rob him off his cellphone. One of therobbers bit off a piece of his mouth and he wasbadly injured.“The criminals fled after noticing that a car wasapproaching. By that time a piece of my mouthwas bitten off and I was bleeding heavily,” hesaid.He said he then went to Rammupudu Clinic onSunday morning to get treatment.“The nurses were busy drinking tea when Iarrived. I then requested to be attended to as Iwas in pain and still bleeding but they told methat they were busy cleaning. I was surprisedas they were doing nothing at that time, butonly the cleaner was busy,” he said.He said he waited long but no one came toattend to him. He said he went back and pleadedto the nurses to help him but this time theystarted telling him to get out of the clinic premisesand go home.“The cleaner started telling me that I shouldhave arrived early in the morning and startcleaning before I can get help. She said I mustgo to work just like my peers and stop botheringthem,” he said.He added that the nurses told him that he caninform the media if he likes and no steps will betaken against them.“They said I can even go to the newspapers orthe new radio station in Tafelkop to complainabout their bad service, nothing is going tohappen. They said journalists can write andradios can talk whatever they like,” claimsEdward.He said he phoned his father who arrived imme-diately and that’s when they started to give himattention.“I was in pain at the time but instead of givingme something to stop the bleeding and pains,

Mistreatment at Rammupudu Clinic and No treatment atGroblersdal Hospital

Arrogant nursesare confidentthat no stepswill be takenagainst them

I was given a ‘Chlornicol Eye Ointment to treat my wounded mouth. I wasnot aware that I had the wrong medication at the time. I becamesuspicious when the wound on my mouth became worse. I think thenurses have intentionally given me the wrong medication,” he said.Edward said he returned to the clinic on Monday 9 May and was givena referral letter to Groblersdal Hospital.“I waited for the whole day to be attended by a doctor in the hospital butstill I was not attended to. The woman doctor who was supposed to helpme clocked off just before she could help me. I started to lose hope. My

mouth is painful and Icould not find help atany governmenthealth facility,” hesaid.Edward said he endedup visiting the phar-macies to buy medica-tions to treat hiswound.“These nurses must

be held accountable of misconduct for their malpractice that happenedwhen failing to fulfill their duties in a way that a normal competent nursein the same situation would. What if that negligence perpetuated myinjuries?,” he said.Attempts to reach Limpopo Health Department Spokesperson DerrickKganyago were unsuccessful as he did not answer his cellphone. Healso failed to respond to voice messages left by the Dispatch.

Edward Khoza claims that he was harassed by rude nursesat Rammupudu Clinic in Tafelkop Village after a piece of hismouth was bitten off during an attempted robbery.

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Ndlovu Care Group gives Jabulani residents water

By DAN MDLULIParents of learners at Makaepea Community School near Tafelkop areup in arms after teachers at the school locked up learners following lossof cash belonging to one of the teachers there on Thursday 5 May.According to parents, the learners were locked inside classrooms andsome within the school premises way after 5pm as teachers waited forthe police to interrogate the kids.The parents said when they arrived at the school and questioned whythe teachers had locked up the children until that late, they were toldpolice took long to come this time as compared to other previousincidents of theft at the school.Jameson Mahlaela (47), a parent of a grade 10 leaner at the school, saidhe was surprised when he arrived home about 3pm from town when hefound out his child had not already come back from school.“When I asked why my child was not home I was told the children werenot home because they were locked up. My wife, who had just come backfrom the school to enquire, confirmed,” explained Mahlaela.He said together with more parents they went to school to find answersabout the locking up of the children.“When we arrived there we found police busy questioning the childrenwho were still locked up in classrooms around 4pm. Some of the childrenwere wondering around at the school premises as the gates were lockedand couldn’t get out,” further explained Mahlaela.He further said as parents they were worried about the conduct of theteachers.An SGB member, who did not want his name published confirmed theincident but refused to be drawn into comment.Constable Boitumelo Matlala, Motetema police spokesperson, said hehad no knowledge of the incident of police interrogating learners butwould find.Dr Neledzani Rasila, Limpopo provincial Education Department spokes-person, said it was not normal for teachers to call police to interrogatelearners.“The matter was not properly handled. There could have been otherways around the matter. For the teachers to lock up the children and callthe police was completely wrong,” said Rasila.

Jabulani community members, in Phooko D2, Moutse, will now haveclean drinkable water from a borehole. Residents were struggling to getwater for decades and were urged to travel long distances to fetch water.Some community members were drawing polluted water from holes theydug in their yards many years ago. During the Sekhukhune DistrictMunicipality’s Mayoral Outreach Programme held earlier last year,Jabulani residents were promised that the bulk water supply will providethem with clean drinkable water starting from December 2015. Butresidents are still in vain waiting for a water supply promised by themunicipality.The plight of Jabulani residents was highlighted by Elias MotsaolediWard 11 Councillor Ali Maloba by seeking donations from local busi-ness owners. The Ndlovu Care Group, under Dr Hugo Tempelman,started donating by drilling and installing boreholes in water scarcitystricken villages in ward 11.“It was heart breaking to see children as young as 5 years risking theirlives by crossing the busiest R25 Road from Jabulani to fetch water atOR Tambo RDP. I took a stand and approached Dr Hugo Tempelman fromthe Ndlovu Care Group and he responded positively and donated aborehole to provide water for Jabulani villagers,” said Councillor Maloba.Maloba said Ndlovu donated three boreholes for Jabulani so far. He saidthe other ones were installed in areas where villages had no sources ofwater at all.“In other parts of Jabulani, residents were urged to push wheelbarrowsto fetch water kilometres away. We then prioritized them and starteddrilling and installing boreholes in those areas,” he said.Maloba added that they agreed with Sekhukhune District Municipalityto service and maintain the boreholes.“It seems like the district municipality fails as community members arestill contributing to maintain and buy electricity to ensure that theboreholes are fully functional. The municipality had also promised a bulkwater supply in the area but it seems like the project will take many yearsto be completed,” he said.

Teachers lockup kids

Elias Motsoaledi Ward 11 CouncillorAli Maloba, standing nearby the newlyinstalled borehole at Jabulani Sectionin Phooko D2.

Some of thelearners wonder-ing around at thepremises ofMakaepea Com-munity Schoolnear Tafelkop af-ter teacherslocked them upafter one of theteachers lost R50.

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Thapelo Ditshego (41), is worried about thedisappearance of his sick mother. Thapelo’smother, Gladys Modungwa (71), was admittedat Philadelphia Hospital on Tuesday 5 April2016 after suffering from seizures. She thenspent a week in hospital. Thereafter she wastransferred to the Old Age Home in Pankopwithout the knowledge of her family members.To make matters worse, the family does noteven know the old age home that Gogo Gladyswas transferred to. They claim they were nevereven given any contact details of the old agehome.“I used to visit my mother everyday in thehospital and I was never told about her transferto the old age home. I was surprised when I didnot find my mother during visiting hours in thehospital,” said Thapelo.He said he was told by the doctors and socialworkers to bring his mother’s clothes, ID docu-ment and SASSA card to the hospital but theydid not explain anything about the transfer.“After they told me that my mother was trans-ferred to an old age home, I requested thehospital to bring her back as my relatives fromMafikeng were coming to visit her, but theyrefused and told me to go and fetch her bymyself,” he explained.Thapelo added that he requested the name ofthe old age home that his mother was trans-ferred to and was told by a nurse that they willcall him soon and provide him with informationregarding the place where his mother was trans-ferred to. “It has been over a month now sincethe hospital promised me to give me contactdetails of the place they transferred my motherto,” he said.He explained that his mother was still in a critical

Sick Gogo transferred from Philadelphia toPankop, family not notified

condition during his visit a day before she wastransferred. He said when he questioned thehospital, some staff members said they will callthe police and arrest him.“She was unable to speak and walk in my lastvisit, a day before she was transferred. At leastthey should have treated her before she couldbe taken to that old age home. What if some-thing bad happens to her? asked Thapelo.Gogo Gladys’ sister, Embi Modungwa said shetravelled all the way from Mafikeng to visit hersick sister.“I was disappointed to find that she was trans-ferred without any family member knowingabout it. They should have contacted us beforethey take that decision. It is very hard to copewith the situation knowing that my sister wastaken away from the hospital while still in criti-cal condition,” she said.A concerned community member, PriscillaMabua said she engaged the Elias MotsoalediWard 11 Community Development Worker(CDW) about the issue but she failed to inter-vene.The Limpopo Department of Health was notavailable to comment. Its spokesperson Der-rick Kganyago did not answer his cellphoneafter Dispatch attempted to reach him for twoconsecutive days. After receiving this story,The Dispatch editor did a quick Google searchto get the contact details of the old age home.The home was phoned and it was confirmedthat the Gogo is currently under their care. Thecontact details of the home were also sharedwith the Gogo’s family.The Boikhutsong old age home manager MrsLenah Shika said Gogo Gladys was brought tothem by a social worker with the name of Moloko

from Philadelphia hospital and they also did notreceive any information for a next of kin. Molokopromised she was going to provide the next ofkin information, but she never did.It took a total of 30 minutes to find the contactdetails of the old age home, to contact them andconfirm the Gogo is under their care and toshare the contact information of the old agehome with the family members. For Philadelphiahospital it was impossible to do this in a periodof a whole month.The family appreciates what the Dispatch hasdone for them and they are busy making ar-rangements to move Gogo Gladys to a nearbyold age home.

Gladys’ son Thapelo Ditshego, a concerned community member Priscilla Mabuaand Gladys’ sister Embi Modungwa are pleading with Philadelphia Hospital toreturn Gladys so that she could be taken to an old age home nearby.

Gogo Gladys Modungwa was trans-ferred to a old age home without theknowledge of her family members.

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A 27 year old man sustained multiple serioushead injuries after he was attacked by a mob inMarble Hall last week. Sandile Ncobo wasarrested and taken to Groblersdal Hospitalwhere he refused treatment from the hospital.According to Police, Sandile and his 3 friendsrobbed an old lady of her bank cards and usedit to purchase several items in Marble Hall.The 62 year old grandmother, Mrs Anna Ntuliwas robbed and hi-jacked by the 4 tsotsis inGroblersdal at the Cashbuild area. They tookher to a bush area and tied her hands and feetand threatened her to get her pin code from her.They left her and went to Marble Hall wherethey bought alcohol at Tops Marble Hall. Themanager from Tops noticed that the owner ofthe bank cards that were used wasn’t Sandileand phoned the bank. The bank confirmed thatthe bank cards were reported stolen by mrsNtuli that opened a case in Groblersdal. She

Mob justice for Magogo attackeralso went to Marble Hall with her family toidentify the tsotsi that robbed and stole hercards. In Marble Hall a crowd gathered whenSandile was identified by mrs Ntuli as her rob-ber.“Later that day the woman went to Marble Halland managed to spot one of the suspects busyusing her credit card to buy liquor. She thencalled community members where the suspectwas cornered and assaulted,” said ConstableLethunya Mmuroa, Marble Hall SAPS Spokes-person. The mob quickly cornered him andstarted with community justice. Police fromMarble Hall was also called for assistance butthey only responded much later as they didn’thave a vehicle available. Constable LethunyaMmuroa also said: “the accused was assaultedwith different objects where he ended up sus-taining serious injuries on the head.”Some of the bystanders in Marble Hall said that

the police did little to stop the continuousassault on Sandile. He was left in the streets forhours while they waited for an ambulance totake him to hospital. “He was taken toGroblersdal Hospital in a serious condition andno arrests or cases were opened in MarbleHall,” Constable Lethunya Mmuroa said.

Groblersdal Police Spokesperson Warrant Of-ficer Stanley Magaela confirmed that a case ofcommon robbery was opened at their stationafter a 62 year old was robbed of her bank andcredit cards in Groblersdal Town. Sandile ap-peared in the Groblersdal magistrate court andwas released on bail.

UCDP branch launched in MoutseThe united Christian Democratic Party launchedits new branch at Elias Motsaoledi Ward 10,Ntwane Village. A number of people attendedthe event that was held on Monday 2 May atMokhine Pitje residence. UCDP Limpopo Pro-vincial Leader Mpowele Swate and other digni-taries attended. Addressing the people duringthe launch, Swate said the party played a majorrole in the development of BophuthatwanaHomeland (North West Province). “The previ-ous leader of the party, Dr Lucas Mangopemanaged to build two cities named Mafikengand Mmabatho. He also established the Uni-versity of Bophutatwana and BophuthatwanaStadium back then,” he said. He mentioned thatthe ruling party has failed to establish other biginfrastructures in the North West Province forthe past 22 years they are in power. Swatepromised that the party will strive for betterservices to the people of Moutse and urgedthem to vote for the UCDP in the coming Local

Fractions at Wilfred Monama ANC Branch

Government Elections. “UCDP is a progressiveparty that will strive to fight for service deliveryto the people. It is evident in the North Westthat UCDP can do much.” he said. EliasMotsoaledi Councillor, Mokhine Pitje waselected the new Elias Motsoaledi Ward 10Chairperson and also a candidate who will becontesting in the coming elections. “I am gladthat I found a new home now in the UCDP. Iwould like to thank the community of Ntwane

At Local Government Elections approaches, more and more people are hungry for power and thisresulted in betrayal of other in branch nominations. This has been witnessed in Wilfred MonamaANC Branch, Makhuduthamaga Local Municipality Ward 11 where ANC members accused the

Mokhine Pitje

Sandile Ncobo lying bloodied in the street in Marble Hall after a mob justiceattack.

ward councillor for putting his favourite people in branch positions. AnANC member in the branch, Lloyd Mankge told the Dispatch that somemembers are dissatisfied with the actions of Ward Councillor DavidChego. “We were supposed to have a meeting on 28 April where newbranch leadership would be elected but we postponed as some docu-ments were missing. The ward councillor arranged another meeting onSunday 1 May inviting only his friends and families,” said Lloyd. Headded that some members were elected while they were not even for partof the meeting. He said this raised anger with some ANC members andthey suggested that the elected leadership be dismantled immediatelyas it was not elected properly. “We wrote a petition to inform theSekhukhune Regional Working committee, Office of the President,National Executive committee and Office of the ANC Secretary Generalto intervene,” he said. He added that the councillor’s term is coming toan end and by doing this he is trying to select his people who will beattending a list conference where mayors and other councillors areelected. Lloyd said members recommend that the verdict of the electedbranch leadership be declared null and void as members were not toldabout the meeting. He said they also suggested that a press conferencebe held to expose the councillor and his newly elected leadership.“The Branch Executive Committee should be accountable for exploita-tion for nominating members who were not present in the meeting,”concluded Lloyd Mankge angrily. Makhuduthamaga Ward 11 Council-lor David Chego denied the allegations. He said both meetings wereorganized by him but some members feel like the second one that tookplace on 1 May was special to other members.

for the trust they puton me. I hope and trustthat I will deliver bet-ter services than theANC andMpumalanga Party,”he said. More thanforty people regis-tered for UCDP mem-bership cards duringthe launch.

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Recently, Moutse Mall Centre Manager, HitlerMakhumisane, donated school necessities toEkucathuleni primary School pupils. The dona-tion was done as a form of Moutse Mall’sefforts to give back to the community.Makhumisane donated 769 pairs of shoes, 769school bags and 769 stationery packs.“I identified the school as a result of learnerswho need assistance. Other schools were alsoidentified and will receive donations this year,”said Makhumisane.He said the beneficiaries were identified throughthe assistance of the Ekucathuleni educators.Makhumisane said the Moutse Mall is handingover school uniforms every year and it is nowaiming to expand and donate to more schoolsin the near future.“This year alone, we added three more schools.Sereme combined School, Moroathebe PrimarySchool and Njinga Sindane Secondary Schoolwill be benefiting,” he said.He said the mall also rewards best performinglearners every year as a form of encouragement.“Best performing learners from local schoolsare rewarded every year and they receive vouch-ers to purchase at Moutse Mall shops. Thevoucher is awarded to the best performinglearner in grade 6 and also to the best perform-

Moutse Mall donates toneedy pupils

Moutse Mall Centre Manager Hitler Makhumisane celebrating with learnersafter handing over school shoes, school bags and stationery at EkucathuleniPrimary School.

ing grade 11 pupil,” he said.Makhumisane explained that their aim is to addother schools where they will be donating andrewarding learners. He said their aim is to coverthe whole Moutse area as most of their custom-ers are residing.“We are happy because this means that ourpupils will not have to worry about problems athome and can concentrate better in class afterreceiving donations. Moutse Mall will con-tinue to assist the less fortunate pupils aroundMoutse villages,” he concluded.

Moutse Mall Centre Manager HitlerMakhumisane handing over schoolshoes and stationery to EkucathuleniPrimary School pupils.

By DAN MDLULIThree suspects who were arrested in connec-tion with theft of goats in Leeuwfontein outsideMarble Hall had their case postponed to 07June 2016 for further investigations.They reappeared before Motetema MagistratesCourt on Wednesday.The suspects, aged 22, 28 and 31, first appearedbefore the court last Thursday after their arreston Tuesday 03 May 2016. Then, the 31 year-oldsuspect was granted a R1000 bail while the 22and the 28 year olds remained in custody afterthey were denied bail.Nonki Lodi (58), owner of the goats, said heinitially traced and apprehended two suspectsin Moeding village six days after the theft of theanimals on 26 April 2016 around 11:00am fromhis camp. Lodi, who has a cardiac problem anda disabled foot, recovered 12 of his 30 missinggoats last Tuesday at about 2:00am from ahouse in Tafelkop at Stadium View, which alsoserves as a church.Lodi explained: “There I could not believe whatI saw, the house at which we found 12 of mygoats, actually served as a church. The ownerstold us the goats belonged to another man,whom we went to fetch in Leeuwfontein, andshe confessed to having bought eight of thegoats for R3500 from the men we had appre-hended in Moeding village.”The owner of the church at Tafelkop’s StadiumView section refused to speak to the press.Lodi, whose 18 goats are still missing, said he

30 Goats Stolen

wanted all his goats back. He further said hisailments were getting worse from the loss be-cause he had a contract with the NationalEmergent Red Meat Producers’ Organisation(NERPO), which in November he is to supplywith 60 goats, failure to which he will be finedfor non-compliance. Constable BoitumeloMatlala, Motetema police spokesperson, con-firmed a case of stock theft was opened andthree suspects were arrested. Investigationsare ongoing.

From left: suspects, John Mohlala (28),Motsumi Tshehla (31) and TerciusMalau (22) at the house serving as achurch in Tafekop at Stadium Viewsection outside Groblersdal wheresome of the Lodi family’s stolen goatswhere found.

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Two male suspects aged 30 and 36 were arrested by the Motetema Policefor murder. According to the police report, it is alleged that the pairassaulted and injured a 30 year old deceased at the tavern in LeeuwfonteinVillage on Sunday 1 May.“The deceased and suspects were drinking at the tarvern when startingarguing. A fight broke out and the suspects started assaulting the victim.The deceased was beaten heavily by the suspects and ended upsustaining serious injuries. He was rushed to Matlala Hospital where hedied shortly after arriving,” said Constable Boitumelo Matlala, MotetemaSAPS Spokesperson.He said the police were called and the suspects were arrested immedi-ately.“A case of murder was opened at our station and under investigation.Thesuspects will appear at the Motetma Magistrate’s Court soon for a formalbail application,” he said.

Two arrested formurder in

LeeuwfonteinA case of concealment of birth is under investigation at Dennilton SAPSafter a foetus was found in a pit toilet at Thabakhubedu Village inDennilton. According to the police report, the discovery was made bypeople who were attending a wedding ceremony in the village on Sunday1 May.“The foetus was spotted by a person who was going to use the toilet atthe time. Other community members were called to witness the incidentand the police were called,” said Constable Anna Shipalana, DenniltonSAPS Spokesperson.She said the suspect is not known at the stage and the police areappealing to anyone with information to come forward.“A docket of concealment of birth is under investigation in our station.No arrests were made at this stage. An investigation is underway,” shesaid.

An inquest docket is under investigation atDennilton SAPS after the body of a 22 year olddeceased woman was found hanging in thekraal at her family yard. The body of the de-ceased was discovered by family members onSunday 1 May in the early hours.According to Constable Anna Shipalana,Dennilton SAPS Spokesperson, the deceasedwas found hanging with a rope in the familykraal outside the house.“She was spotted by family members but whentrying to untie her, she was already dead. Shewas taken to Groblersdal Government Mortu-ary for post moterm. The motive of the suicideis not known at the stage. An inquest docket isopened and investigations continue,” she said.

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During the past two weeks, Tafelkop KarateAcademy experienced a decline in the numberof young people attending training sessions.This led TKA to immediately start with theirSchools Visiting Programme to regain thenumber of young karate interested people.TKA’s first visit was held at Rite Primary Schoolin Tafelkop on Tuesday 10 May where demon-strations were performed to pupils. The acad-emy received a warm welcome from the schoolprincipal Mr Mokoena who gave instructors aplatform to demonstrate karate skills to learn-ers.Walker said the decline could be caused by thesession starting time as winter has alreadybegun.“As winter has already greeted us, by the timethey leave the academy is already dark and wehave decided to be punctual so that we canleave in time. We also aimed to open moreclasses in different schools especially primaryones where 80% of our student attends,” hesaid.He said some of their graduates were given aplatform to share their experience since theyjoined TKA a few years ago.“Pupils were interested with a demonstration ofSempai Mrendeni and Sempai Karabo duringthe visit. These young TKA students will betaking over training sessions at schools wherethey will be equipping young people with ka-rate skills. Sempai Mrendeni will be responsiblefor Rite Primary School and Kopa SecondarySchool while Sempai Karabo will take overAbraham Serote Secondary where both Sempaisattending Grade 12,” said Walker.He added that the number of female students isnot declining and they are aiming to attractmore to come and join.“We believe teenage girls are neglected whenit comes to sport activities in rural areas. Wewant to give them a chance to show off theirtalents and we are expecting more to come toTKA in the near future,” he said.

Tafelkop Karate Academy in decline

Sempai Mrendeni and Sempai Karabo will take over training sessions asinstructors in Tafelkop schools.

Sempai William Mohlala demonstrating karate skills to Rite Primary Schoollearners in Tafelkop Village.

The Tafelkop cricket club was succesfullylaunched on Friday 6 May. The club, that isalready receiving new members daily, wasstarted by Pilot Masemola as a coach, SilasLegodi as his assistant and Jackson Chego asthe team manager and administrator.The club was established at Rite primary schoolat Tafelkop Ga-matsepe section. Tafelkopcricket club has 50 players who are taking partin training sessions. “It all started when play-ing cricket at Matsepe primary school undercoach manager Masoga who relocated in 2008.He then left us with mr George Lentswe as ourcoach. Since then, we never look back and westarted playing at the Loskop cricket club,”said Tafelkop cricket club coach Pilot Masemola.Masemola said, at Loskop cricket club, theyperformed beyond everyone’s expectationsand were sent to represented Sekhukhune pro-vincially.“We had challenges due to a lack ofsponsorships and resources that’s when theloskop cricket club’s performance started to bepoor,” he said.He said Tafelkop cricket club was formed withthe aim of developing and growing the interestof cricket in rural villages. He added that theyare also aiming to popularize cricket and exposeit to young talented people in the village. Hesaid that their training sessions are scheduledto take place every Friday at Rite primary school,Ga-matsepe section in Tafelkop.“This year, we started recruiting learners fromrite primary school in Tafelkop where a numberof learners were interested. The number ofinterested people is growing rapidly and wealready started to visit other schools in thevillage to recruit more players,” he said.He said they are presently training young peo-ple, mainly pupils from Rite primary and Kopasecondary. He added that they are in prepara-tion to start extra training at Matsepe primary

Tafelkop cricket club launchedschool soon.At this stage, the tafelkop cricket club has beendivided into four teams which are; boys under20, boys under 18, girls under 18 and girls under15.“Our main objective is to accommodate asmany young people as we can. Our aim is to takethem away from the streets and groom them tobe the stars of tomorrow,” he said.Young people who are interested in joining theTafelkop cricket club are welcome to contactcoach coach Pilot Matsepe on 079 989 664.They can also call his assistant Silas Legodi on071 428 8862.

Tafelkop cricket club coach PilotMatsepe (left) and his assistant SilasLegodi (right) with one of the playersbefore a training session.

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By DAN MDLULIThe 23 year-old Charlotte Boitumelo Maila from Dennilton, has becomethe first Limpopo woman to sail across the world in the longest oceanrace, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. A month ago she set fromQingao, China, across the world’s largest ocean to Seattle, USA for race9 of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.The Elandsdoorn born youngster, who has never been on board a boatbefore joining the race, is one of the eight young South Africans aged18 to 23 to partake in the race, as an ambassador for Sapinda RainbowFoundation. She raced nearly 6000 nautical miles across the notoriousNorth Pacific Ocean on board IchorCoal, and is the sixth ambassador toexperience world’s oceans in the tenth edition race. The 23 year-old wasidentified through Ndlovu Children’s Programme, whose choir hashelped keep her away from the streets. Arriving at Seattle, Maila, whospent a month at sea battling tough conditions, said “it was a greatexperience, it wasn’t what I expected at all and I realised that I becamecompetitive and wanted to do well in the race, we worked really well asa team.”Maila’s opportunity, funded by the foundation, aims to provide newpersonal development skills to the ambassadors, that they can give backto their communities and use them to inspire others. Charlotte is helpingto raise awareness and funding for innovative research into the long termeffects of HIV treatment by the Ndlovu Care Group in Charlotte’s homeprovince of Limpopo, where one in five of the population is infected withthe virus. “I am very proud of myself, crossing an ocean by sail boat isone thing I never thought I would do but I went out there and I did it. Inow know I am capable of doing things I never thought possible. NowI am ready to face whatever challenge comes my way,” added Maila.She further said she did not know if she would continue sailing, but shewould certainly use some of the skills she had learnt and apply them indaily life. “Before I took part in the race I planned to apply to go to schooland study for a profession and now I have completed the race I wouldlike to continue this ambition to go into nursing,” she further said.

Charlotte sailed around the world

Charlotte Maila from Dennilton becomes the first Limpopo woman to sail around the world. Photosupplied

The Clipper Race was set up by Sir Robin Knox-Johnson, the first personto sail solo non-stop around the world in 1968-9. His vision was to enablepeople, regardless of their sailing history the chance to take part in oceanracing no matter what their background. The ten ambassadors were

shortlisted to take part in the race from nearly200 applicants by Sapinda Rainbow Founda-tion and come from a wide range of challengingbackgrounds across South Africa.

After the third consecutive soccer trialselections Dynamique school learnerGlen Mosehla U/13 was chosen to repre-sent the Moutse Cluster team.On the 10th May Glen from DynamiquePrivate primary School was chosen forthe third time as one of the 15 bestplayers from Groblersdal, Moutse West,Moutse east and Moutse central area.Dynamique Private primary Schoolwould like to wish Glen Good luck forthe following trials leading to the LimpopoProvincial team.

Glen Chosen for Team

On 26 April, Groblersdal town and surroundingPrivate schools had soccer pre-selection trialsfor Provincial purposes at the DynamiqueSchool soccer Fields. The purpose of the trialswas to select the top 15 U/17 players from all theparticipating schools. Participating players forthe trials were all very well prepared, making ita very difficult task for the electors to choosethe top 15 players. The following players wereagreed upon as the top 15 players. BarengMamamela and Motlatsi Maepa from El ShadaiPrivate school. Arnold Kgaladi, MailulaLehlogonolo, Masimula Austin, Oratile Tsima

Dynamique presents Groblersdal u/17 Soccer trialsand Ratau Mitchell from Dynamique PrivateHigh School. Thato Seolwane, Sandile Mpidi,Mpumelelo Ntuli and Phetolo Sepati from GoodShephard Private School. Njabule Dube andTshegofatso Mohlamonyane from New Hori-zon Private school. Avinash KomaneandMaisela Tebogo from SG College. On 3 May,Dynamique Private school presented theGroblersdal circuit soccer trails for the follow-ing school areas: Groblersdal and Privateschools, Farm Schools, Stoffberg Schools andSehlakwane schools. Once again the Partici-pating players for the trials were all very well

prepared, making it a very difficult task for theelectors to choose the top 15 players. The follow-ing players were chosen as the top 15 players forthe day. Mogadima Lens, Mamonyana Jimmy,Lehlogonolo Mailula, Oratile Tsima, SepatoPhetolo, Malepe Promise, Matlala Sipho, MatlatsiMaepa, Mtswene Dennis, Masombuka Sondile,Makua Doctor, Masombuka Sipho, BarengManamela, Thoto Seokwane, Absent ArnoldKgaladi, Njabulo Dube.