Friday 30 May 2014 Year 5 128th Edition Tel: 013 262 4416 A suspect was killed and another one was taken to Philadelphia Hospital when their attempt to rob a Pakistani business man failed. According to eyewitnesses, the suspects were dropped by a vehicle on the spot of the scene at about 9:h00 in the morning waiting for their prey to arrive. A few minutes later, the victim arrived and when he was at the speed humps, one of the suspects jumped on the bonnet and started firing shots at him. The victim immediately stopped his vehicle, produced a firearm and started shoot- ing back to the suspects. A heavy shootout broke out between the two armed suspects and the victim. Bullets were flying all over the place. Some community mem- bers were running to nearby houses looking for shelter. “Learners from the nearby Makopanong School were hiding under their desks fearing to be hit by stray bullets. An anonymous bystander said during the shootout, the victim managed to hit one sus- pect in the head and he died immediately. The other one was also shot and while he was lying in the road, he was ran over by a truck that was passing. “After been run over by the truck, the suspect lied helplessly on the road groaning in pain. Although they planned a cruel thing, Victim shoots robber straight into his coffin some community members suggested that an ambulance must be called to rescue the suspect while some rejected the idea saying he got what he deserve. People were also afraid to get closer as his firearm was still in his hand,” she said. She added that a few minutes later, the community saw that the Pakistani victim was also shot and that’s when the ambulance was called. “He was hit in the stomach during the shootout and was rushed to Philadelphia Hospital for immediate treatment. The two suspects were left at the scene for approximately three hours before paramedics attended to them. One of the suspects was taken to Philadelphia Hospital in a critical condition and the other one was certified dead at the scene,” she said. “We just heard gun shots and when we went to investigate, we saw the victim exchanging fire with the two suspects. They didn’t look like criminals when they’ve been dropped by a vehicle just a few meters from my house. I was surprised when I see them carrying guns busy shooting at the Pakistani man,” said another community members. A docket of armed robbery and attempted murder was opened at the Dennilton SAPS. Investi- gation is underway. Left: The suspects who was shot in the head and died at the scene. Above: With a firearm still in his hand, one of the suspects lying helplessly after he was shot and run over by a truck. He was taken to Philadelphia Hospital in a critical condition.
A suspect was killed and another one was takento Philadelphia Hospital when their attempt torob a Pakistani business man failed. Accordingto eyewitnesses, the suspects were droppedby a vehicle on the spot of the scene at about9:h00 in the morning waiting for their prey toarrive.A few minutes later, the victim arrived and whenhe was at the speed humps, one of the suspectsjumped on the bonnet and started firing shotsat him. The victim immediately stopped hisvehicle, produced a firearm and started shoot-ing back to the suspects.A heavy shootout broke out between the twoarmed suspects and the victim. Bullets wereflying all over the place. Some community mem-bers were running to nearby houses looking forshelter. “Learners from the nearby MakopanongSchool were hiding under their desks fearing tobe hit by stray bullets.An anonymous bystander said during theshootout, the victim managed to hit one sus-pect in the head and he died immediately. Theother one was also shot and while he was lyingin the road, he was ran over by a truck that waspassing. “After been run over by the truck, thesuspect lied helplessly on the road groaning inpain. Although they planned a cruel thing,
Victim shoots robber straightinto his coffin
some community members suggested that an ambulance must be called to rescue the suspectwhile some rejected the idea saying he got what he deserve. People were also afraid to get closeras his firearm was still in his hand,” she said.She added that a few minutes later, the community saw that the Pakistani victim was also shot andthat’s when the ambulance was called.“He was hit in the stomach during the shootout and was rushed to Philadelphia Hospital forimmediate treatment. The two suspects were left at the scene for approximately three hours beforeparamedics attended to them. One of the suspects was taken to Philadelphia Hospital in a criticalcondition and the other one was certified dead at the scene,” she said.“We just heard gun shots and when we went to investigate, we saw the victim exchanging firewith the two suspects. They didn’t look like criminals when they’ve been dropped by a vehiclejust a few meters from my house. I was surprised when I see them carrying guns busy shootingat the Pakistani man,” said another community members.A docket of armed robbery and attempted murder was opened at the Dennilton SAPS. Investi-gation is underway.
Left: The suspects who was shot in thehead and died at the scene.
Above: With a firearm still in his hand,one of the suspects lying helplesslyafter he was shot and run over by atruck. He was taken to PhiladelphiaHospital in a critical condition.
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African Peoples Convention (APC) inSekhukhune is claiming that the presiding of-ficer at Supatsela Primary School in Moteti hasrobbed them off their votes. According to theAPC councillor in Elias Motsoaledi Mr IsaacMkhaliphi, the final records that he picked upat the IEC offices in Groblersdal indicate thatthe party received 0% of votes at the SupatselaVoting Station.Mkhaliphi said the organization has a largenumber of supporters around the area and it isnot possible that they can have a 0% vote.“I even casted my vote at that station but it isalso not appearing, how is that possible. Wehad a party agent who was also present duringthe vote counting and it was evident that wehad a total of 93 votes in that station. Aftercounting, we had 42 votes provincially and 51votes nationally. This is a daylight robbery and
IEC vote fixing atMoteti
is totally unacceptable. We want anyone whois responsible for such cruel corruption topay,” he said. Mkhaliphi said although thepresident is been inaugurated, the presidingofficer and everyone who is involved in thematter must account.“If it happens that everyone involved escapesprosecution, things like these will repeat them-selves in the near future and some organizationwill come into power after cheating. This is alsonot fair to the community. They are told to raisetheir voices through elections but it is wellknown that there will be some corrupt officialswho will be tempering with the elections,” hesaid. According to the APC party agent whowas deployed at Supatsela Voting Station thatday Mr Mathibela, the organization has hadpeople who voted for them. He said he startednoticing that something was fishy when thepresiding officer demanded his signature whiletheir votes were not appearing on the statusreport. “After noticing that we have beenrobbed of our votes, I went to the presidingofficer to investigate and she told me that sheis going to rectify the mistake. I am now sur-prised to see the final report saying we didn’thave even a single vote but I know very wellthat I voted for APC,” he said.Mkhaliphi informed the Dispatch that the or-ganization is planning to take the matter for-ward to make sure that justice is prevailing inthe government.
Elias Motsoaledi APC CouncillorIsaac Mkhaliphi says the presidingofficer who was working at SupatselaPrimary School must account for theirmissing votes.
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Despite still fresh memories of the 2009 cholera outbreak, residents again have to drink the heavilypolluted water. Dozens were killed in the cholera outbreak and more than 3000 became severelyill. The worst affected area was Ga-Mampuru near Jane Furse where 29 people died after drinkingwater that was infected with cholera.Only 30km away from the village, are millions of litres of fresh water in the newly built De HoopDam, opened by President Jacob Zuma in March this year.After the cholera outbreak the municipality dug a borehole and installed communal taps but withthe taps dry community members are forced to drink the polluted water. For many residents theonly option is to drink water from the Tubatse River flowing to the village in a trench.With another cholera outbreak threat, the Sekhukhune District Municipality seems incapable offixing a broken motor on a pump.Residents say they have become ill since drinking the water which contains faeces, algae and usedcondoms. "My heart nearly stopped when a baby's nappy came floating down as I scoopedwater," said a resident.Sekhukhune District Municipal Spokesperson Willy Mosoma acknowledged that there werewater provision problems in Ga-Mampuru. He claimed that the water pump had been repairedtwice. He says they need a complete overhaul of the machine. Mosoma said that villages in thearea would be connected to the De Hoop Dam by September.
A 25 year old male suspect is still lying underpolice guard at Philadelphia Hospital inDennilton after he was beaten up by commu-nity when he tried to commit a robbery. Thesuspect was assaulted and apprehended bythe community of Ga-Tlooporo in Moutse Westnear Marble Hall.According to Constable Lethunya Mmuroafrom Marble Hall SAPS, on Saturday 17 May,the local shop owner was with an employeeinside his shop when they were attacked bythree unknown male suspects, one of themarmed with a firearm. They robbed them of anundisclosed amount of cash and fled the sceneon foot.
Armed robber nailed bycommunity
Ga-Mampuru brokenpump
One of the customers saw the incident andshouted to community members for help. Anumber of community members came to therescue and chased the suspects. While on therun the suspects shot two rounds but no wasinjured. The community managed to appre-hend one of them and taught him a lesson. Police opened a docket of armed robbery andonly one suspect was arrested. Two of them arestill at large. Police are asking the communityto assist with information that can lead to thearrest of the other two suspects call 08600 1011,112 or Lieutenant Ntile Mojapelo on 078 3381090. An investigation is underway.
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After engaging in an illegal protest in 2011, thecommunity of Waalkraal Village under EliasMotsoaledi Ward 1, is still crying for services.The community claims that the Ward Council-lor Mr Kenny Mmahlase is neglecting them.Community leader Mr Koos Motene spoke toThe Dispatch. After the protest, the area wasincluded in the Elias Motsoaledi IDP with abudget of more than R4 Million to electrify 434houses but it only electrified 207 houses. “Nowthe project started again in October last yearand they promised to finish by April this year.The project is moving very slow and when thecommunity approached the councillor for en-quiries on Friday 23 May, the councillor chasedthem away. The community became angry andtook rubbish bins to spill the councillor’s yard.The police were called to calm down the angrycrowd,” he said. He added that the councillor isalso targeting some community members whodon’t have title deeds. He says after the RDP
Waalkraal community kicked out of RDP houseshousing project was completed, some of thebeneficiaries were not found and the CLO al-lowed some community members who were inneed to occupy the houses. “Now the council-lor and his people are kicking out the poorcommunity members from the houses and sell-ing them. When we try to intervene in thematter, the councillor is threatening us with thepolice and we are told to keep quite. Is like nowthe police are been used by a councillor for apolitical purpose, not to serve the community.I have been arrested and charged with publicviolence just for asking questions,” he said.A community member Mrs Pinky Maleka saidthat she was given the house by the CLO afterit was not occupied for a long time. “They saidthe houses need to be occupied as they becamehome to criminals. Now I was approached by awoman who is also a school teacher from thelocal school telling me that she spoke to thecouncillor and I must get out of the house with
immediate effect. I refused because I know thatthey weren’t beneficiaries and it is against thelaw for government employees to get RDPhouses. She told me that by end of May I haveto be out of the house because she rented aroom and it is expensive,” she said. Anotherresident Mrs Joyce Malindisa said she wasapproached by an unknown man three timestelling her to leave. She said the house was oncebelonged to a mentally ill woman who left a fewyears ago. Now the councillor is sending hispeople to check on the residents who don’thave title deeds chasing them away and sellingthe houses. “I heard that the councillor has soldthe house for R10 000 to that man. I refuse toleave because I know the original owner of thehouse,” she said. A couple who also stays in anRDP house said they were told to leave by aperson who also owns a house at WaalkraalRDP. “This person is owning an RDP house butis also claiming that the house I live in with my
family belongs to her. We cannot leave be-cause we do not have anywhere to go,” saidMrs Rosina Mogwatsane.The Dispatch tried to contact ShakesMoganyetji from Elias Motsaoledi Municipal-ity but his cell phone was off.
One of the community members MrsPinky Maleka (right) says a govern-ment employee is kicking her out of anRDP house. With her is a concernedcommunity member Mr Koos Motene.
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A Chinese shop owner and his staff escapedunharmed when their shop caught fire on Sun-day 25 May. The incident took place at MoutseMall Supermarket Wholesale and Retail inDennilton.The Chinese shop owner was still traumatizedand was unable to speak to the Dispatch. Ac-cording to the Centre Manager Mr SizweMngomezulu, the shop caught fire around 8:30when the staff opened the shop.He said the fire was started by an electric faultwhen the staff switched on the lights. The stafftried to stop the fire but the blaze was toostrong. Everything that was in the shop burnedto ashes before the security personnel stoppedthe fire.Mngomezulu said the shop’s neighbouringshops were not affected as the security person-nel managed to stop the fire before it causedmore damage.
Moutse Mall Supermarketburned down
“The shop owner was renting the place and thecentre will take care of the damages. At thestage we are still investigating the cause of thefire to prevent similar incidents in future,” hesaid.The Dennilton Police confirmed that they knowabout the incident but the shop owner didn’topen a case in the station.
On Friday 16 May, educators, parents, learners,community members and Department of Edu-cation representatives gathered at Slovo ParkPrimary for its 10 year anniversary. The eventstarted at 10:00 with a large number of peopleattending to witness the success of the school.Delivering his speech, the school Principal Mr.MJ Talane, indicated that the success of start-ing the school was made through donations bythe Japanese Embassy in 2004. He said by thetime the school opened its doors on 10 Febru-ary 2004, it had only two educators attending156 learners.The school thanked a number of donors bymaking the event a success. This includes, Pickn Pay Moteti, B3 Funerals, Shoprite, NSNP
Slovo Park Primary celebrates10 year anniversary
supplier, local Doctors and other local busi-nesses.
Principals from different school werealso present to celebrate Slovo Park’sanniversary at Moteti Slovo.
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On Wednesday 21 May Dennilton SAPS /Department of Education FC squad hostedGroblersdal/Motetema SAPS FC squad for afriendly soccer match held at PhiladelphiaSports Grounds. The match commenced at 16:30where both teams selected their best players forthe starting line-up. In the first half the visitorsstarted by dominating the match attacking andfailing to score early goals when most of theirshots went off target. They sustained the pres-sure and started penetrating into the box butwere denied by the goalie. The visitors’ mid-fielder Ntobeng started to shoot from rangetrying to beat the goalie but his shots also wentoff target. Towards the end of the first half, thevisitors started attacking demanding a goal but
Groblersdal/Motetemasquad bury Dennilton/
Department squad
they were alwayscaught off-side by thereferee. The first halfended 0-0. In the sec-ond half it was a do ordie to both teamswhen they were bothplaying good passesin the middle and at-tacking but with thehosts dominating thematch. In the 64thminute, the hostsgrabbed a lead whenBongani scored abeautiful goal whenhe managed to turnand shoot beating thegoalie making it 1-0.The visitors equalizedby justice after the ballwas taken from thecorner spot and heeasily beat the goaliein close range, 1-1 itwas in the 71th minute.The visitors started toput more pressure andthey scored a secondgoal by Mugodi aclose range in the boxbeating the hosts’goalkeeper, 2-1 it wasto the visitors in the78th minute.
The visitors sustained the pressure until theend of the match when attacking frequently butthey were unable to extend the lead. The matchended 2-1 to Groblersdal/Motetema SAPS FCdefeating Dennilton/Department of EducationFC.
The visitors were playing well in themiddle and scored two goals andclaimed victory.
Good passes and soccer skills wereplayed by some visitor’s legends dur-ing the match.
