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Friday 27 May 2016 Year 6 174th Edition Tel: 013 262 4416 Three Sekhukhune TVET students in Motetema CS BArlow Campus opened a case of assault against the police on Monday 23 May. The student, Keletso Matsemela, Tebatso Paledi and Lerato Mohlamonyane opened a case just after they were released with a free bail, following their arrest on Friday 20 May. They were charged with public violence when unhappy students protest at the college premises demanding the management to re- arrange SRC elections after IEC failed to release the Sekhukhune TVET students open assault case against police Sekhukhune TVET CS Barlow Campus in Motetema engaged in a rampage, damaged buildings and vehicles in the college premises on Tuesday 17 May. Three vehicles belonging to the college were set alight while two were smashed by the angry students. The college library and security cottage were damaged. Chaos erupted at Sekhukhune TVET CS Barlow Campus The boardroom and examination centre were also burned by the students. This comes after the college management and IEC failed to announced that the SRC elections results that were held the same day in the college. Now students from two rivals organiza- tions in the campus, Sekhukhune Express Move- ment and South African Students Congress (SASCO) play the blame game accusing each other for causing the riots that erupted in the campus. Sekhukhune Express Movement Secretary Keletso Matsemela said a meeting was held by the management of the college and organizations to come with resolutions in the matter. She said the management told them that there will be no re-elections in the college until next year. “Students got angry about the management’s decision and they are now up in arms demanding to practice their rights by electing their leadership in the campus. We feel like this is a violation of our democratic rights. Students are angry and vow to disrupt classes until their demands are met,” she said. Attempts to reach Sekhukhune TVET Spokesper- son Abicky Kgolane went fruitless as he did not answer his cellphone. He also failed to respond to SMSes sent by the Dispatch. results on Tuesday 17 May. On Friday, the police were highly visible at the college when students started singing and chanting at the college’s entrance. The police reacted by firing rubber bullets to dis- perse the students and managed to arrest three female and they were charged with public violence. The students claims the police tortured them in the station’s holding cells in Motetema. They said they ended up sustaining injuries. ....continues on page 2
Three Sekhukhune TVET students in Motetema CSBArlow Campus opened a case of assault against thepolice on Monday 23 May. The student, KeletsoMatsemela, Tebatso Paledi and LeratoMohlamonyane opened a case just after they werereleased with a free bail, following their arrest onFriday 20 May. They were charged with publicviolence when unhappy students protest at thecollege premises demanding the management to re-arrange SRC elections after IEC failed to release the
Sekhukhune TVET students openassault case against police
Sekhukhune TVET CS Barlow Campus in Motetemaengaged in a rampage, damaged buildings and vehiclesin the college premises on Tuesday 17 May. Threevehicles belonging to the college were set alight whiletwo were smashed by the angry students. Thecollege library and security cottage were damaged.
Chaos erupted at Sekhukhune TVET CS Barlow CampusThe boardroom and examination centre were alsoburned by the students. This comes after the collegemanagement and IEC failed to announced that theSRC elections results that were held the same day inthe college. Now students from two rivals organiza-tions in the campus, Sekhukhune Express Move-ment and South African Students Congress (SASCO)play the blame game accusing each other for causingthe riots that erupted in the campus. SekhukhuneExpress Movement Secretary Keletso Matsemelasaid a meeting was held by the management of thecollege and organizations to come with resolutionsin the matter. She said the management told them thatthere will be no re-elections in the college until nextyear. “Students got angry about the management’sdecision and they are now up in arms demanding to
practice their rights by electing their leadership in thecampus. We feel like this is a violation of ourdemocratic rights. Students are angry and vow todisrupt classes until their demands are met,” she said.
Attempts to reach Sekhukhune TVET Spokesper-son Abicky Kgolane went fruitless as he did notanswer his cellphone. He also failed to respond toSMSes sent by the Dispatch.
results on Tuesday 17 May. On Friday, the policewere highly visible at the college when studentsstarted singing and chanting at the college’s entrance.The police reacted by firing rubber bullets to dis-perse the students and managed to arrest three femaleand they were charged with public violence. Thestudents claims the police tortured them in thestation’s holding cells in Motetema. They said theyended up sustaining injuries. ....continues on page 2
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After being released with free bail, the students wereurged to be taken to Groblersdal Hospital for treat-ment. “The police asked whether Matsemela wasamongst the arrested students when we arrive at thestation. It is like they were aiming to arrestSekhukhune Express Movement leaders,” saidKeletso Matsemela. She said Sekhukhune Expresswill continue fighting for the democratic elections ofSRC in the college. Sekhukhune Congress leaderPastor Derrick Mosoana said the organization inter-vened in the assault case and has handed over theissue to its legal department. Mosoana said thestudents were arrested unlawfully and the case mustbe withdrawn. “We provided all necessarydocumentations to the party’s lawyers led by Ad-vocate Rammilane Maisela. We demand that thematter should immediately be referred to the Inde-pendent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).Mosoana said the party held a number of meetingwith students seeking way forward in the matter andthey will be continuing supporting students toensure that they a democratic SRC elections.
Students open case
He is well known as Febrigas by his fans and peers.His name is Collins Makgaka, a defender forPolokwane’s Baroka FC. He was born and bred in thedusty streets ofNewstands where he had a normalchildhood . His first break was when he scored hisfirst goal for Baroka FC that was playing againstPolokwane City on Sunday 24 April 2016. By hisgoals and other team members, Baroka FC managedto get in The Premier Soccer League. The local starsaid that his career journey was not an easy one “Iam where I am now but quite honestly, it was not aneasy journey. You get to face many challenges inorder to get where you are but what matters is howyou tackle them”. He thanked all people whoencouraged him to dream big and follow his passion.He concluded by saying “I want to see myselfplaying for my country, I wish to play for Europeone day”. Baroka will now face the rejuvenatedSuperSport United away from home , the venues anddates for semi-finals are yet to be confirmed.
Local soccer star shinesthe Limpopo flag
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Residents of Mabitsi and Serithing in Ephraim MogaleWard 12 have been living without drinkable water fora year. Residents claim that the taps went dry lastyear leaving them without any source of clean water.They claim that they survive by drawing water fromthe nearby streams and holes for drinking and house-hold purposes. A community leader, DecemberMokomane, told the Dispatch that the communitywas promised water supply by the ward councillorGeorge Phala. He said the community was relievedand took their containers to the spots where thecouncillor promised the water trucks will stop. Headded that the community waited the whole day onTuesday 17 May for the water trucks but they didnot arrive. “It has been almost two weeks now andwe are still waiting for the councillor to provide uswith water,” he said. He said the community relieson holes and pools to access water. He added that thewater is dirty but the community continues to useit as a result of the municipality’s failure to providedrinkable water. Mokomane added that the sources
Residents turn to dirty streamsas municipality fails to provide
drinkable waterof water sometimes gets dry, urging the communityto wait hours for the water to come up out of theground. Mokomane said some of the streams arestarting to dry up and no longer produce water. “Ourplea is falling in deaf ears all the time. We engaged thecouncillor and the municipality about the situationbut they fail to act. We no longer know who to turnto as we have been in all water related spheres of thegovernment,” he said. Sekhukhune District Munici-pality Spokesperson Willy Mosoma was not avail-able to comment. He did not answer both hiscellphones when the Dispatch attempted to reachhim.
To give back to the community, Hyper SaveGroblersdal held a dance competition aimed at do-nating to a charity organization. The event was heldat the shop’s main entrance in Groblersdal Town onSaturday 21 May.Teams and individuals were welcomed to join bypaying a little amount of R5-00. All the money wasdonated to a charity organization at the Ndlovu CareGroup in Elandsdoorn, Dennilton.“After the community showed us support all theseyears, we feel that a more organized way is neededto give back to society in the form of donations. Ouraim is to donate to the neediest people so that theycould get warm clothes and blankets to cover up thiswinter. I can assure you that every cent we make heregoes directly to the charity,” said Hyper SaveGroblersdal Manager, Jaco Wolmerans.
Hyper Save Groblersdal givesback to the community
Competition winners were announced later that dayin both categories where participants walked awaywith great prizes.
One of the winners of the day with HyperSave management.
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Situated at the remote Marapong Village in Moutse, Mahlasedi CommunityCreche made wonders when it was chosen to be the National’s Best EarlyChildhood Development Centre of The Year. These annual awards are spon-sored by the National Development Agency (NDA) in partnership withDepartment of Social Development, Department of Basic Education, SouthAfrican Social Security Agency(SASSA), United Nations International Chil-dren's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) and the South African National ECDCongress. Mahlasedi received a certificate of excellence, a trophy and R30 000-00 by Minister of Social Development, Bathabile Dlamini in the award givingceremony held at Southern Sun in Cape Town on Wednesday 4 May.Mahlasedi Community Creche Principal Caroline Makgomo Kiwitt said:“In2014 we became second runners-up in Limpopo Province. In 2015 we were
Mahlasedi Community Crechescoops National Award
chosen the best ECDcentre in the provinceand we went to repre-sent Limpopo on na-tional level and were cho-sen the best ECD centrein the country,”Caroline added: “I amoverjoyed thatMahlasedi is the firstcommunity creche in theprovince to be crownedthe best countrywide. Iam glad now my hardwork rewarded me atlast,” she said.
The Tafelkop based Thabantsho Community Radio Station suspended itsmanagement. The suspension took place on Tuesday 10 May. The publicbroadcaster’s suspended management claims Thabantsho Community Radioboard members suspended them for no reason. They told the Dispatch that theywere surprised when they were given suspension letters stating only that theywere suspended until further notice. The radio station started broadcasting forthe first time on Wednesday 27 April where a number of listeners were givena slot to greet their friends and families live on air. The board suspended StationManager Kedibone Thobejane, Marketing Manager Anthony Mampuru, Pro-grammes Manager Mogau Matsimela, Technical Director Donald Matjila andthe Administrator Katlego Mathunyane. The suspended Station Manager,Kedibone Thobejane told the Dispatch that they were given suspension lettersand were told that they will be suspended until a pending investigation isfinalised. “They were not clear what investigation they were talking about onthe day we were suspended. The letters only states that we are suspended butdid not stated the reason why we were suspended. We have done nothing wrong,”she said. The Board Chairperson of Thabantsho Community Radio Mologadi
Thabantsho Community Radiosuspends management
Rachidi said: “The sus-pended management willreceive another letternotifying them about thedisciplinary hearing datejust after the investiga-tion if finalised. The let-ters will state all thecharges faced by the sus-pended radio manage-ment.”
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After experiencing a huge service delivery inSterkfontein Village, residents took a stand anddecided to have their own ward and a local councillorwho will be representing them in the coming LocalGovernment Elections. Previously, the village wasdivided into three sections belonging to other wardsin villages such as Tafelkop and Luckau under EliasMotsoaledi Local Municipality. Villagers’ plea tohave their own ward did not fell in deaf ears when theChairperson of the National Delimitation BoardJane Thupana announced that Sterkfontein willindependently have its ward.The community then approached a local business-man, Hebert Radingwane, a taxi operator inGroblersdal. The community had faith in Radingwaneas he has done a number of donations to the needyin the area. They then decided that he must be the nextcandidate to contest for Elias Motsoaledi Ward 29regardless of a political organization of his choice.Radingwane said he was an ANC card carryingmember at the time and agreed to take part as acandidate in the coming elections. He said someunhappy people within the ANC started sabotaging
A new ward for Sterkfonteinhim where he ended up leaving the organization tostand independently.“I am concerned about service delivery backlog inSterkfontein and Ramogwerane. I decided to take astand to change people’s lifes to the better,” he said.
Sterkfontein and Ramogwerane residentshave faith in Herbert Radingwane as pos-sible new Elias Motsoaledi Ward 29 coun-cillor.
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Sterkfontein community had their weekend filledwith sporting activities where they were entertainedby local soccer and netball on Saturday 21 May. Thetournament formed a part of the Hebzer Sports andSkills Development Organization (HS & DOS),sponsored by a local businessman, HerbertRadingwane. Radingwana, a local taxi owner/opera-tor in Groblersdal said the event is held annually togive children a platform to show off their skills andtalent. He said the tournament is also aimed toentertain the community. The tournament started at10:00 where people were entertained by local DJ’sand dancers before the kick off. The opening matchwas played played between Bela Bela FC U/15 andand New Stands FC U/15. The match was anticipat-ing and gave the tournament the spark it needed asit was the most exciting part of the day. Spectatorsenjoyed and were cheering as they witness the bestdribbling skills displayed by local U/ 15 players.New Stands FC won the final, beating Bela Bela FCon penalties with a 5-3 score after a goalless draw.One of the highlight in the tournament was a match
Hebzer Sports and Skills DevelopmentOrganization Tournament held in
Sterkfonteinbetween All Stars Eleven playing with Vlaka FC. AllStars Eleven defeated Vlaka FC 2-0. All Stars’Pontsho Lekgwathi was at his best when he gave thedefenders of Vlaka FC a tough time and netted hissecond goal to secure a position in the final. The firstsemi-final between Rangers FC and Powerline FCwas decided on penalties after a goalless draw.Rangers advanced to the final by defeating PowerlineFC 5-3. Rangers FC was crowned the winner of thetournament after defeating All Stars Eleven with a 1-0 goal in the final match. Ladies were also featuredin the tournament when they were included innetball. Local players battled against neighbouringcommunities and they delivered a spectacular per-formance fit for the beautiful spectators who cameto enjoy sport entertainment at its best irrespectiveof the cold weather. Mabintane NC defeated RangersNC by 21 goals to 17 in the first semi-final. MonsterlusNC defeated Rangers NC by 21 goals to 12.Monsterlus was crowned the champions of thetournament after defeating Mabintane by 20 goals to15.
The Under 15 Bela Bela All Stars partici-pated in the tournament.
Monsterlus NetballClub won the tour-nament after de-feating Mabintane20-15. With them isthe tournamentsponsor HerbertRadingwane.Soccer tournamentwinners RangersFC, with runners-up All Stars ElevenFC.
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Tafelkop Cricket Club (TCC) ladies team has madeit in the list of teams that will be taking part in theKFC Mini League. The team will be starting to takepart in the KFC League soon after their good per-formance in matches they played recently.Now the team has decided to visit schools on sportsdays to recruit more talented under 15/17 playerswho will be included in the TCC squad this season.“This came at the good time just after we havewelcome over 20 players from Matsepe PrimarySchool,” said TCC Public Relations Officer,Khomotso Paile. “We believe TCC will promote women in cricketand make sure more teenage girls join and support.We would also use the platform to address dailychallenges that are faced by teenage girls and helpthem build their confidence by become the best in thesporting code of their choice,” he said.
Groblersdal Hospital FC hosted Dennilton SAPSFC for a friendly soccer match organized at GroblersdalRugby Stadium on Wednesday 18 May. The match,that saw a number of spectators attending, started at15:30.The opening goal was made by Nunu, a counterattack in the box dribbling the goalie and score in openpoles, 1-0 it was to Dennilton SAPS. After the goalSAPS started dominating in the mid-field, trying toscore on long ranges but shots went off target.Towards the 40th minute, Nunu scored the visitor’ssecond goal after a corner taken by Wanda to Bvumawho was in the box, the ball was passed to Nunu whowas in good position and he scored a brace for hisside, 2-0 it was to Dennilton SAPS.The hosts continued the pressure and scored anequalizer in the 71st minute, a long range out of thebox to beat Xavi, 2-1 it was.Towards the end of the match, Groblersdal Hospitalhad a chance to equalize when Oupa penetratethrough SAPS defenders entering the box, he missedwhen his shot went off target facing the goalie. Thematch ended 2-1 to Dennilton SAPS FC defeatingGroblersdal Hospital FC in a friendly soccer match.
