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A 25 year old woman from Phokoane Villagewas urged to deliver her baby on the floor dueto the nurses’ negligence at St Rita’s Hospitalin Glen Cowie Village. Emily Mashifane wasrushed to the hospital on Thursday 1 Octoberwhen she was suffering of labour pain. Theproblem between Emily and the nurses startedafter her mother left her, hoping the nurses willtake care of her."Everything was looking fine when my daugh-

Baby delivered on the hospitalfloor as nurses refuse to help

ter was admitted at the hospital; we were sur-prised when she called in the early hours ofFriday saying the nurses refused to help her.She shouted for help so many times but whatshe heard was a big laughter coming from thehospital's reception," said Emily’s mother,Mantwa Mashifane (53). She told the Dispatchthat her daughter sounded very worried on thephone and she advised her to send one of thepatients to go and call the nurses.

"A kind patient went to tell the nurses about mydaughter's condition but they refused to helpand turned the kind woman back to the labourward saying Emily is stubborn," she said. Re-alizing that the nurses do not come, Emily wasurged to go to the reception looking for help.She was struggling to walk at the time butinstead of taking the matter seriously, the nursestold her to crawl back to the labour ward. "Mydaughter was told by the nurses that she is not

special and could notreceive any specialtreatment at the hos-pital. I wonder how thenurses can say suchwords while on theother hand watchingsomeone groaning inpains," she added.Emily’s mother saidshe called her daugh-ter back where she re-sponded that thenurses still refuse tohelp her deliver thebaby."Around 2:30 am,Emily phoned andtells me that she deliv-ered the baby on herown. What made meangry was that thebaby was delivered onthe floor. I then ad-vised her to cover thebaby with a blanket,"she said. She added that sheimmediately rushed to

the local clinic hoping to find a number to thehospital and enquire about the whole situationbut unfortunately she did not find the St Rita’sHospital contact numbers."One of my children managed to find the hos-pital's numbers on Google where we immedi-ately phoned the hospital telling them thatEmily has given birth on the floor. They did nottake it seriously until we threatened to take thematter further and that's when they went to thelabour ward to take care of her, 30 minutes aftermy daughter had given birth. One moment Ithought that I will lose both Emily and mygrandchild," she said. She told the Dispatch that since the incidenthappened, her daughter's health is deteriorat-ing and she consults private doctors frequently.She said the baby was also not in a goodcondition and had to be checked by the doctorstoo. "Emily is not in good health and needsserious medical attention in a hospital. But nowshe is afraid to go for check-ups at the samehospital where she was ill-treated by the nurses.I take her to private doctors but they are quiteexpensive," she said.Emily told the Dispatch that the nurses wroteon her file that the baby was delivered at 03:00which is not the time when the baby was actu-ally delivered. She said the problem with thenurses started when one of the Staff memberstold her that she was not in labour pains."I insisted and that's when they started tellingme that I am stubborn and think I am toospecial," she said. "I thought something badwas going to happen as the umbilical cord wasstill attached between me and the baby for thewhole thirty minutes and only cut off when thenurses arrive," added Emily."My baby was coughing for more than fivedays and I suspect he caught cold in the proc-ess when I deliver him on the floor," she said.Emily said she reported the matter to the Opera-tional Manager Sister Segobela in the morningand the nurses were immediately called in ameeting. "The nurses did not even bother toapologize about what happened, what I heardwas just a clicking of tongues coming out oftheir mouths. I am too disappointed with thetreatment I received in that hospital. I am not ingood health at all as I am in pains and trauma-tized by that situation. I am thinking of suing theHealth Department as soon as I get better," shesaid. The Limpopo Department of HealthSpokesperson Macks Lesufi told the Dispatchthat they were not aware of the allegation."We will investigate the matter and will comewith solutions soon after we finalize our inves-tigation," he said.

Emily Mashifane was urged to deliverher baby on the floor when the nursesat St Rita's Hospital in Glen Cowierefused to help her.

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It has been years since the Marble Hall Cham-ber of Commerce has been fighting for betterservices for the people of Ephraim MogaleLocal Municipality. The Chamber of Commerceengaged with the municipality for a very longtime trying to address the concerns of thecommunity with no success due to the negli-gence of the government.According to the Chairman of the Marble HallChamber of Commerce Mr Paissopoulos, it isno secret that the Marble Hall Chamber ofCommerce has been locked in negotiationsover the years on matters pertaining to theconcern of both the local and rural communi-ties."As usual, the Ephraim Mogale Local Munici-pality has done everything in their power toavoid taking responsibility for their completeincompetence on a range of issues affecting usall. " said Paissopoulos.He said things have worsened in the municipal-ity ranging from corruption, nepotism and poorservice delivery to the communities."We are urging the local and rural communitiesto make their voices heard at the upcomingelections in 2016 to get rid of the rot. The longerthese people stay in power, the worse thingsget,” concluded the Marble Hall SakekamerChairman Mr Paissopoulos.

A Tafelkop resident, Jeffrey Walker claims thepolice stole from him when searching his houseon Thursday 8 October. Walker said theMotetema Police went to his house after theyreceived a tip-off from the community that he ismanufacturing nyaope at his house. JeffreyWalker has recently started the Karate AgainstNyaope Campaign that takes place at schoolsin Tafelkop Village. According to him, jealouspeople supplied false evidence to the policethat led to his house being searched. During thesearch some of his stuff ended up missing. Hesaid the police did not even have a searchwarrant when they broke his door and startedsearching his house."I received a call from my neighbour around8:40 informing me that the police budged intomy house. I immediately phoned my neigh-bour's son requesting him to hand any policeofficer his cell phone so that I can tell them thatI am on the way. They refused and then I asked

Malicious damage to property case opened against Motetema Policehim to take the registration plates of the vehi-cles they were using," said Walker.He added that his neighbours managed toidentify one of the police officers whom heknows and he immediately gave him a call andhe was told that the police have returned to thestation."The police know very well that I am againstnyaope. I even introduced the Karate AgainstNyaope Campaign to the Station Commanderwhere some of the police who searched myhouse were present. I am surprised that thepolice raided my house suspecting me of own-ing a laboratory that is manufacturing nyaope,"he said.He said on arrival at his house the door wasbroken, his clothes and food were scattered onthe floor."The whole house was a mess, my computerwas also dismantled and I later realized that myhard drive is missing. I was threatened by

community members before, I can deal with idlethreats but I cannot accept what the police didto me," he said angrily.Walker added that he ask himself that if it is astandard procedure that the police must dam-age the suspect's properties during the raids orit is the abuse of power because they knowexactly that he cannot avenge."Since that day my attitude towards the policehas changed and the anger I have in me isjustified. There is a need for our police officersto serve the people rather than to harm innocentcommunity members," he said.Walker said he went to the Motetema PoliceStation to open a case of malicious damage toproperty. He said he was told not to touchanything in the house and wait for the CRC tocome and take pictures and fingerprints butthey failed to arrive until today."My million dollar question is, is it constitu-tional to be harassed by the police because

someone gave them wrong information? Do thepolice have the right to act as they wish whileon duty? If it is the law that gives them the rightto treat people like animals, then we don't havea law. I understand they followed the informa-tion when coming to my house but they didn'thave to break and destroy my stuff," concludedJeffrey Walker.Motetema SAPS Spokesperson ConstableThelma Makofane confirmed that a case ofmalicious damage to property was opened attheir station. She said the case has been handedover to the Independent Police InvestigativeDirectorate (IPID) for investigations.

Jeffrey Walker in his house after apolice raid when looking for a nyaopelaboratory.

Jeffery Walker said the he realized thathis computer hard drive is missingafter the police dismantled his compu-ter when they search his house.

Marble Hall Chamberof Commerce turns

up the heat

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The Ndlovu Miracle Theatre in Elandsdoorn, Dennilton, was painted red when the BolsheviksParty of South Africa launched its branch on Saturday 10 October. The party was formed byconcerned residents of Moutse in 2013 and it will be taking part in the coming Local GovernmentElections next year. The Elandsdoorn executive members were elected during the launch. "Thisis once again a evident proof of how the support base for the Bolsheviks Party of South Africais growing exponentially," said Howard Mokwena, the party secretary. He said the party leadersare happy to see residents come in numbers to support the organization. "It is without anyreasonable doubt that the people who will be voting next year were hungry for the new role playerin the political arena. The party that promised a better life for all has failed to implement their promisewhich is why we formed this political party to raise the voice of the community members who arestruggling in different parts of the country, “added Mokwena. He said people's benefits that weresupposed to go hand in hand with the democracy were never reached as corruption, and otherunlawful activities seemed to be the order of the day where government officials don’t serve theinterest of the people anymore. "The ideas and methodology of the ruling party has not onlybecome out-dated, but it now reflects the party's failure to address the people's issues and comewith solutions that will benefit the community at large," he said. He added that the organizationis happy about the community's response as the turn-out during the launch was positive. "Weare glad that community members came in numbers to support. This proves that the people haverealized that the Bolsheviks Party of South Africa is indeed an organization that can provide thebest and most suitable solutions to our current dilemmas that we are facing," said Mokwena.Mokwena concluded: "The ANC has lacked capacity to deliver services to the people for 21 years.This proves that it is time for change as the ruling party has shown that they lack capability,understanding, skills and knowledge to serve the community with proper needs."

Bolshevicks Party of SouthAfrica, Elandsdoorn Branch

launched

T h eElandsdoorn Ex-ecutive mem-bers of the Bol-sheviks Party ofSouth Africawere elected.

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Recently, positions were advertised by Ephraim Mogale Local Munici-pality where a number of people applied to get employment. Apparently,the municipality advertised a Youth Officer post. It was stated clearlythat candidates should have matric and also be computer literate. Nowoppositions in Sekhukhune claim the position was created for the rulingparty's PR Councillor, Eliah Maisela Monyamane who already startedwith his duties on 1 October this year. The opposition claims thatMonyamane doesn't have matric or any computer certificate as it wasstated when the post was advertised.Matsobane Mokonyane, an Mpumalanga Party Councillor and a ChiefWhip of the opposition in Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality saidMonyamane created the post for himself during the Youth Summit heldin the municipality recently. He said Monyamane's appointment isagainst the Structural Act as he was still a full time councillor whenapplying for the post."A lot is yet to come here as there is a list consisting of ANC YouthLeague members who are waiting to be appointed as general workers.This is aimed to strengthen support for the ruling party in the comingLocal Government Elections," he said.Mokonyane added the Mayor Cllr Yvonne Mmakola, the MunicipalManager Monica Mathebela and Eliah Monyamane must be heldaccountable for nepotism. He said Monyamane got the position as histerm as a councillor is ending next year. He added that Monyamane isafraid that he will be urged to leave the council if the ruling party get fewervotes in next year's elections as a result of a tough competition from theopposition organizations around Ephraim Mogale."We demand that Monyamane must produce his matric results as it wasstated in the advertisement. He must also be evaluated to determine ifhe deserve to be in the position," he said. According to the DeputySecretary of PAC in Sekhukhune July Mamogobo, the post was createdfor Monyamane from the on-set. He said it was already known thatMonyamane will be appointed in the position just before the interviewswere conducted. "He is a part of the Mayoral Committee and thisauthorizes him to form a part of the interview panel. He is actually anemployee in the municipality and we do not have a clue why he appliedfor the position in the first place," he said.

Mayoral Committee member creates aYouth Officer post for himself

Mamogobo said interviews were held onWednesday 16 September and a number ofqualified applicants formed part but they werenot considered.He said it was clear that nepotism was prevail-ing as Monyamane was considered amongsthighly qualified candidates in the position."This makes our suspicions clear that the po-sition was created for the councillor as he wasgiven an appointment letter on Friday, twodays after the interviews. One can ask whatabout all these hundreds of unemployed quali-fied young people who are denied chances.This is not fair and must be stopped," he said.Mamogobo said Monyamane proved beyondany reasonable doubt that he doesn't careabout the interests of the people who voted forhim to represent them in the council. He said tohis organization (PAC) this is not a closedmatter and they are ready to take the issueforward. "We are now seeking legal opinions tofight this matter. We will do anything to servethe interest of the public and stop any form ofcorruption in the Sekhukhune District," heconcluded.The Ephraim Mogale Communications Man-ager Jan Phasha said a proper procedure wasfollowed when Monyamane was appointed inthe position. "The appointment of EliahMonyamane was made by the interview paneland was absolutely not politically motivated.His appointment has nothing to do with hisprevious position as a councillor in the munici-pality," he said. Phasha added that Monyamanewas evaluated and it was discovered that hemet all the requirements which made him the

candidate suitable for the position."The issue of appointing people in the municipality is held by theadministration department led by the municipal manager. It has nothingto do with political organizations within the municipality," he concluded.

Eliah Monyamane is accused by opposition in EphraimMogale Local Municipality for creating a Youth Officer postfor himself during a Youth Summit held recently.

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As the country is currently experiencing a high unemployment rate, many people are desperateto get jobs and this leads them to do anything so that they can be employed. Some have lostthousands of rands trying to bribe to known and unknown people who promised them jobsopportunities in big companies.Now criminals seize this as an opportunity to make quick bucks by claiming that they are fromrecruitment departments in various private sector companies, promising job placement tounsuspecting desperate community members. They start by demanding a certain amount ofmoney from unsuspecting community members before they can place them in the companies.Recently people from Tafelkop and Motetema became victims of this scam where an unknownman came and promised unemployed residents jobs in exchange for money. People were told topay the amount of R1 500-00 in order to be employed at Blue Ridge Platinum Mine situated atMaleoskop near Groblersdal."I heard around the village about the gentleman who claimed to be from Blue Ridge Mine that herecruits unemployed people to get jobs. I searched for his numbers and called him and he agreedthat he is working for Blue Ridge and would like us to meet. I became suspicious when he tell meto bring along my CV accompanied by the amount of R1 500-00 in the private place at GroblersdalTown. I called our meeting off when I hear that I have to pay such a lot of money before I can beemployed, knowing that this could be a scam," said a Tafelkop community member who wish tostay anonymous. He said the man promised to take the CV and the money so that he could be onthe employment register the following day. He said a number of community members in Tafelkophave already paid the amount to the man since early September this year. "These people are afraidto come forward with information as they fear to be victimized by people involved in the scam,"he said. He added the victims fear to come forward claiming that their life will be in danger if theycan do so. "We always complain about corruption and nepotism whereas on the other sidecommunity members prefer to buy jobs where they ended up getting robbed off their money. Ithink we must all believe in free and fair recruitment companies before we lose thousands of moneyto these criminals. Blue Ridge has to make sure that their recruitment system is not corrupted asit will lead to a serious crisis under its name," he said.Blue Ridge Mine was not available to comment at time of going to print.

Fake recruitment agenciestarget unemployed residents

in villages An 18 year old male suspect was arrested by theMotetema Police for allegedly raping a 12 yearold girl. The incident took place at Ga-MatsepeSection in Tafelkop Village on Sunday 11 Octo-ber around 16:00. According to the police re-port, it is alleged that the victim was away withfriends while her mother was at home doing alaundry."The victim's friends returned and when themother asked about her whereabouts, she wastold by her friends that they left her at thesuspect's place," said Constable ThelmaMakofane, Motetema SAPS spokesperson. She

The Marble Hall Police arrested a 20 year oldmale suspect after he allegedly raped a 13 yearold girl. He was arrested at Moutse West out-side Marble hall on Monday 12 October."According to the information the suspectraped the minor a few months ago and she keptit a secret since then. The girl spoke about theincident after her mother suspected that shewas pregnant," said Constable LethunyaMmuroa, Marble Hall Police spokesperson.Mmuroa said after the girl told her mother aboutthe incident, she was rushed to the local com-

Man nabbed for raping a 12year old

20 year old man raped andimpregnated a 13 year old girl

munity clinic where she was certified pregnant."The girl managed to give the description andname of the suspect while at the clinic and thepolice were called. A man hunt was started bythe police and the suspect was arrested thesame day at Moutse West," said Mmuroa."A case of rape was opened at Marble HallPolice Station and is under investigation at thestage.The suspect is expected to appear before theGroblersdal Magistrate's Court soon. An in-vestigation is underway," he concluded.

said the victim's mother immediately left thelaundry rushed to the suspect's place. "Shefound the victim with the suspect and startedto question them. They both denied that some-thing has happened but the suspect ended upconfessed that they slept together using acondom," she said.Makofane added that the victim's mother wentto open a case of rape at the Motetema SAPSand the 18 year old suspect was arrested imme-diately. "He will appear before the Nebo Mag-istrate's Court soon for a formal bail application.An investigation is underway," she said.

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Fun Run and TJR Tournamentfinals at Motetema

Flying Birds FC will be facing Baba FC in the TJR soccertournament finals that will be held at Mamokgalake SportsGrounds in Motetema Township.

The Motetema Development Football and Net-ball Association will be hosting a fun run for thecommunity of Motetema on Saturday 17 Octo-ber. The fun run will be paving a way for theThabang Jomo Ramanaledi (TJR) Soccer andNetball tournament final matches.The 5KM race will start at 07:00 at MamokgalakeChuene Sports Grounds via Motetema Town-ship Main Road where participants will bereturning to the starting point to complete the5KM race. "The race is open to all members ofthe community residing at Motetema Town-ship," said the Chairperson of Motetema De-velopment Football and Netball Association,Khutso Masehla. He told the Dispatch that thejoining fee is free and the race is organized forMotetema community members only. He addedthat interested community members must carrytheir ID documents for entry and categoryregistration process before the commencing of

Baba FC will be playing in the final of the TJR tournamentjust after the Fun Run race at Motetema Township.

the race. "We want to make a difference in ourcommunity by promoting a healthy lifestylethrough sport participation amongst youngand old residents. We expect hundreds of peo-ple to come and participate as the entry is freeof charge," he said. Masehla said the race hasbeen organized in three categories per age ofparticipants. "The age groups that will be tak-ing part in the tournament are; under-15, under-40 and the last category will be for people whoare forty years and above including the eld-erly," he said. He furthered said that categorywinners will receive shopping vouchers thatwill be awarded to them the same day afterwinning. "We are planning to give a R400-00shopping voucher to those who will obtain thefirst place in each and every category. Thosewho will be in the second place will walk awaywith R250-00 shopping vouchers and the thirdposition winners will get R100-00 shopping

vouchers," revealed Masehla. He said peoplewill have a daylong entertainment as the racewill be followed by the finals of the TJR soccerand netball tournament final matches."The tournament started two months ago andon Saturday it will be the final matches wherethe winning teams will walk away with prizes.People will be first captivated by a under-15soccer match where Flying Birds FC will befacing Baba FC.Motetema Tafelkop Master will be playingagainst Motetema Development Football andNetball Association Masters for a friendly warm-up match. Later that day it will be the under-21soccer finals where Young Tigers FC will takeon Ballasto FC. On the other side the ladies willalso be playing a netball final where Baba NCwill be facing Masehla NC," he said.People will be entertained by local up andcoming artist all day long.

To motivate and encourage learners to taketheir lessons seriously, Kolofane Senior PhaseSchool in Dennilton held a prize giving cer-emony to reward the best performers at school.Parents, pupils’ educators and other commu-nity members were present.Certificates were given to best performers indifferent learning areas for grades 7, 8 and 9 insubjects such as Mathematics, Maths Literacy,Life Orientation, Natural Sciences, Social Sci-ences, Sepedi, Zulu, and English.Presenting her speech, the guest speaker MrsMokoka encouraged learners to take their les-sons seriously to be better persons in future.She told pupils to spend more time on theirstudies and distance themselves from badthings."You must focus more on your studies tobecome a better person tomorrow. Spend mostof your time on your studies and stay away fromdoing bad things such as crime, drugs andalcohol intake," she said.She told learners that they must put more focuson Maths and Science as the country currentlyhas a small number of learners enrolling in thisfield. She urged parents to support their chil-dren in all educational needs required at theschool."Parents should support their children withanything that’s needed at school. We muststart grooming these children at a tender ageand make sure that they invest their time ineducation rather than allowing them to justroaming around the streets doing nothing,"she said.An educator at Kolofane Mr Masanabo saidthe private sector and government must startinvesting in these learners while they are still inlower grades. He said, through this, pupils willsee the importance of studying and will notthink of quitting school.

Prize Giving Ceremony at Kolofane Senior Phase School

Jenifer Nkadimeng, Lesedi Nkadimeng,Thamsanqa Nkosi, Kabelo Motloung,Mathapelo Ledwaba, Lucky Shabangu,Lungile Hlatswayo, Richard Mashabaand Ntokozo Mathebula showing offtheir merit certificates they were re-warded at Kolofane Senior PhaseSchool.

Pupils who were rewarded at KolofaneSenior Phase: Angel Raseroka, KoketsoMashego, Lesedi Nkadimeng, Happi-ness Majozi, Jenifer Nkadimeng andThamsanqa Nkosi.

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Tafelkop Karate Academy Grading heldThe Tafelkop Karate Academy (TKA) held their grading (karate exami-nations) on Saturday 10 October at Tafelkop Gymnasium. The gradingwas aiming to promote students to higher karate ranks after a trainingconducted by the academy for over six months.A total of 28 Tafelkop Karate Academy students were awarded certifi-cates and belts when promoted after demonstrating their knowledge andunderstanding of Kyukoshin Kai Kan.Most of the students were promoted from the white belt to first orangebelt. Some were promoted to the second blue belt. The students gradedunder the watchful eye of Sensei William Mohlala and he was impressedby his students' overall performance."Two of our senior students were also given recognition for theircommitment and dedication to the Ultimate Truth," said Sensei WilliamMohlala from TKA.He said the students have shown passion in what they are doing and theacademy is happy with the number of students joining our club."Some parents around the village personally bring their children to jointhe academy and this proves that we are indeed making a difference toour beloved community," he said.Mohlala said TKA is now on the way to create a youth platform wherethey will be soon introducing performing arts and traditional dance."We have already started with sports activities where we adopted theStones Rugby male and female clubs. We are hoping to develop othersporting activities in the villages to ensure that every young person istaking part in different sporting codes," added Mohlala. He went on and said: "We were also honoured by the presence of SenseiDetective Mashamaite from Motetema SAPS; he inspired our studentsas he took them through some exercise after the grading. He was alsowelcomed as an honorary member of Tafelkop Karate Academy. Hereally displayed his maturity and understanding of martial arts. Whatreally caught my attention is his passion for the art of self-defence andhe inspired me more than I can say."Mohlala said the academy has welcomed two former professional boxersfrom Venda to introduce boxing at the Tafelkop Karate Academy. He saidthey welcomed the former professional boxing fighters to train youngpeople in order to become professional boxers in future."At Tafelkop Karate Academy we want to find the suitable sport activityof every young individual which is why we try by all means to adoptdifferent sporting codes. We have seen a huge difference in the commu-nity since we started and hope everything will go as planned so thatyoung people will find their potential in life," he concluded.

Tafelkop Karate Academy students showing off their certificates they received during the TKA gradingat Tafelkop Gymnasium.

L e n n o xM a m a k w a ,Sabelo Kabiniand DimphoMohlala demon-strating their ka-rate skills afterreceiving theirKyu first bluebelts.

Sensei DetectiveMahsamaite andSensei WilliamMohlala handingover a certificateto LindiweMasikela duringthe gradings.

S e n s e iMashamaite (left)and SenseiWilliam Mohlalaawarding Lesego" K a t a l i a "Motshana with abest student cer-tificate.

Milton Kwindareceives a seniorstudent certifi-cate from SenseiD e t e c t i v eMashamaite.