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POLICEMAN DROWNS AT DIKHOLOLO
A police official Sergeant Sydney
Ramoraswi (32) drowned in a
swimming pool at Dikhololo Holiday Resort where he was out on
leisure with his friends and wife.
O
n Sunday morning Ramoraswi
decided to go swimming with his
friends whom did not agree, as they
could not swim.
Ramoraswi then jumped into the pool
where he drowned. No one was in the
position to help as no one could swim.
His friends called EMS to come and assist. An ambulance arrived on the scene
where he was declared dead after being
examined by the paramedics. Ramoraswi was working at Brooklyn Police
Station and was residing in Soshanguve
area.
The policeman drowned in Kuifkop
pool. First he got into the shallow end
of the pool. Eyewitnesses claim that everybody was in a party mood. Allegedly
in the beginning Ramoraswi mimicked
to drown in the shallow end and fatality wanted the unfortunate unwinding
of the events lead to the drowning of
Ramoraswi.
The first aid team of Dikhololo assisted
immediately, but invainely continued
the CPR until the arrival of the medical
team.
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12 April 2013
Father stoned to death after raping daughter
A 34 year-old man was badly
beaten to death by the community
members of Oskraal in Letlhabile
area on Saturday (30/03/2013)
around 8pm.
I
t is alleged that the deceased raped
his 13-year-old daughter in the house
while the mother was away. When she
arrived home, she found her husband
out to a tavern, her daughter (victim)
then explained to her what happened
his arrival at the Hospital. A case of
murder has been opened but at this
stage no one was arrested for concerning the case, the investigation still
continues. Police are appealing to the
community to help with any information that can result in the arrest of all
who were involved in this case.
while she was out. The mother then
rushed to Letlhabile police station to
press rape charges. Meanwhile the
community members searched for the
suspect (deceased) and found him in the
tavern where he went to after allegedly
raping his daughter. The community
assaulted the deceased and when the
police and EMS arrived at the scene,
they found the deceased badly beaten.
The deceased was taken to Brits District
Hospital and unfortunately he died on
Please contact Letlhabile Detective Office on the following number: 012 2510
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12 April 2013
2 Boys drowned
Kgosietsile Makoti (3) and Oregomoditswe (5) went missing on
Wednesday (27/03/2013) were
found dead after drowning in
a canal in Oukasie, Brits. The
two boys were last seen playing
outside but they never made it
home.
T
he cases was reported to the police
and a neighborhood search by
community members was conducted.
One aged 5 was found dead on Thursday (28/03/2013) in a canal near
Oukasie, Brits. Hartbeespoortdam Dam
Police divers removed the body around
14:00 pm in the afternoon. The other
body of a 3 year-old boy was found on
Saturday (30/03/2013) in Kleinfontein
Dam.
EMS declared the two boys died
through drowning.
Two cases of inquest were opened and
investigation proceeds as to find these
poor kids fell into the canal (water).
Brits Police are warning parents to be
vigilant about the whereabouts of their
kids especially when they are playing
on the street. Parents should not allow
their kids to go swimming without their
supervision. The community came in
numbers to pay their last respects and
to offer their support to the affected
families. The two boys were laid to rest
on Thursday (04/04/2013)
The Executive Mayor Poppy Magongwa
has conveyed her condolences to the
two families and has sent a heartfelt
messages to the whole community, “one
life lost is one too many, and losing two
kids in one community is just too sad.
We urge parents to ensure that kids do
not play next to these canals and the
community should work as a collective
and look out for each other in order
to ensure that these accidents do not
happen,” she said. She also expressed
that the municipality is working together
with the national Department of Water
and Environmental affairs to come up
with interventions to ensure safety from
those canals.
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Cartridges, two firearms pistols, and
three cell phones were found in the vehicle where one of the firearms recovered
belonged to the South African Police
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However, Brits police made an ambush
following the tip off from Rustenburg
police, after spotting the suspects’ vehicle. The suspects changed the direction
after noticing that the Brits police were
on them. They (suspects) fled from of
the vehicle and started to fire at the police as they were armed. Unfortunately
suspects managed to run away as there
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It is alleged that the suspects were
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and Mooinooi police. There was a communication network between Rustenburg and Brits police alleging that the
suspects committed a robbery at Rustenburg. When the suspects realized that
police were after them, they ran away.
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the two families.
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During the crossfire, one of the TRT
(Tactical Response Team) members
Const Atang Selokelo (35) sustained
minor injuries on his left arm and right
side of the head. He was admitted at
Brits Medi-Clinic and discharged the
very same day.
The department will embark on awareness campaigns that will teach and inform communities about the dangers of
canals and how to avoid possible accidents and drowning for both adults and
kids. Communities around Madibeng,
especially areas that have water canals
will also benefit from the department as
they intend to install swimming pools in
future where children can be taught how
to swim and react in water. Wall grids
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Madibeng recognized as the
NO MORE FAITH INentsTRADE
UNIONS?
said they had great confidence in
A study indicates that South Afare loosing faith in Trade religious institutions such as churches
most dynamic municipality in SA ricans
than Trade Unions. Study reveals that
Unions.
The International Europe Business Assembly recognises
Madibeng municipality for the
effective management of the
municipality, the reputation,
constant growth and tourist attractiveness.
W
ith that, the municipality together
with the Executive mayor of
Madibeng, have been nominated under
the city and administration management spheres of the awards – “best city”
and “best Manager”. The municipality has been marked for its dynamic
development, high investment, tourist
potential and attractive image. For this
reason, the municipality is very proud
to be internationally recognised and will
ensure that the Madibeng brand is well
represented and promoted both on local
and international spheres. It is through
highly prestigious nominations like these
that various doors will open for the municipality in terms of new international
relation, investments and marketing of
our municipality. We have a lot of potential in our municipality and therefore
we will ensure that we create relations
that will assist in improving the lives of
our people, create jobs and put our municipality on the international map.
T
he study revealed that thirty percent of black South Africans said
they distrusted trade Unions in 2012,
compared to 21%in 2011, while 53%
of colored South Africans said they
distrusted unions compared to 37% in
2011. Congress of South African Trade
Union [COSATU], General Secretary
Zwelinzima Vavi seemed to agree with
the report, “ our own survey last year
also revealed some very negative perspectives, for instance about corruption
in unions” Vavi said.
distrust is significantly lower among
Black Africans than among the colored,
White or Indians population.
Distrust of Unions has grown from 21%
to 35% among Black Africans and to
53% among colored population in 2012,
according to the South African Social
Attitudes Survey.
Issued by Communications
Madibeng Local Municipality
Vavi is facing allegations of corruption
and is being investigated by COSATU,
it is alleged that he benefited in selling
of the old COSATIU house when they
moved to new premises in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. During illegal strikes
their house for a weekend away, please
in the mining sector last year, many
report at the nearest police station for
workers voiced dissatisfactions with their
regular patrols or otherwise get sometrade Unions leaders accusing them of
body from your relatives to look after
being too close to management and willthe premises for you, never leave your
ing to compromise workers demand.
house unattended Please report any
COSATU’s biggest Labour Union Nacriminal activities around your area by
contacting Soshanguve Police Station on tional Union Of Mine Workers [NUM],
012 730 00 00 and also using our crime lost Union office to The Association of
stop number 08600 10111 or sms crime Mineworkers Union [AMCU] at Impala
Platinum Mine in Rustenburg last year.
stop number 3221
The attitudinal data from the South
Cst Moloisane
African Social Attitudes Survey [SASoshanguve SAPS
SAS], conducted a survey were respond082 414 5436
Police warning
On behalf on the Station Commander Col Molokwane,
Soshanguve
D
ear community members, please
be alerted that there are housebreakers and house robbers who are
targeting our community , be on a look
out and keep your burglar doors locked
at all times and do not open your doors
to strangers who my claim to be police
officers, or from Telkom/Eskom or
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12 April 2013
THARI SOON TO OPERATE NEW BUSES FROM BRITS TO ...
The commuters of Thari Bus Service in Lethabong will soon have
new buses operating from Brits to
Lethabong.
T
his is after the community consulted the management of the bus
service, about the poor service they are
being offered by Thari. Operational
Manager of Thari Koos Mosue confirmed that there will be new buses for
Lethabong “ the implementation is still
pending we are awaiting few documents
from the company we sub-contracted
after that we will look into them and it
will be all system go” Mosue said.
The name of the company that subcontracted under Thari is called vilotRustenburg Coach Links [RCL].
“ We in the last phase of implementing
these, however nothing has been finalized yet and even the commuters have
not being informed even though they do
know about the new buses we are yet to
formally handover the buses to the new
company” Mosue said. Mosue said that
the new company will do the operations
under the monitoring of Thari, meaning bus fees and time schedules will not
change. Six buses are expected to operate with one spare bus when the new
company takes over. In a community
meeting on the 21 March ward councilor Joyce-Mashishi-Ntsime assured the
commuters that all their problems with
Thari will be sorted out and they will
get better service from the bus company.
Thari was invited to the meeting but
could not make it.
However the seem to be improvement
in terms of the problem that were raised
in the meeting concerning bus operations from Lethabong to Rustenburg.
“ I am very delighted to tell you that
the presence of Mr Pieterse and Mr
Dipholo has also made a huge impact in
terms of operation improvements. Chris
Modisane said. They are visible, shows
flexibility and Support”. In responding
to the facilities in the bus rank Mosue
said it is the responsibility of the Municipality, however they are in talks with
the municipality to renovate and repair
the facility.
Premier Modise calls for suspension of driver license
Road Traffic law enforcement authorities should consider immediate suspension of driver licenses
of drunk motorists involved in
road crashes in which lives are
lost, North West Premier Thandi
Modise said in reaction to the
arrest of a 35-year-old driver for
drunken driving following a crash
that claimed five lives on Monday
in Ledig near Sun City.
the families of the 16 road users who
lost their lives across the province over
the Easter Long weekend and appeal
for motorists to support the Decade of
Action for Road Safety by sharing the
road responsibly with other road users,”
added Modise.
“D
river behaviour still accounts for
most crashes and road fatalities
and should be dealt with harsher because one death on our road is a death
too many,” highlighted Premier Modise
“We wish to convey our condolences to
Five road users said to be between the
ages of 21 and 30 were reportedly certified dead at the scene of the accident
which occurred around 4 am. The
arrested motorist is expected to appear
in the Mogwase Magistrates Court on
Tuesday on charges of culpable homicide and drunken driving.
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12 April 2013
Youth in a bottlestore
Alcohol abuse has become the
way of life for the youth today.
Can we blame it on the lack of
activities or on plain irresponsibility? Weekends are times
where you’ll see them flocking on streets, proudly holding
alcohol products in their hands.
16 year-olds are already being
exposed to alcohol.
P
eople have different reasons why
they consume alcohol. Many times
one can reach for a drink to relax after
a long day, change how they feel, forget
about personal problems (drown sorrows
as some say) and for fun. Apart from
the temporary positive impact alcohol
can have, it can cause numerous health
problems in the long run.
On www.drinkaware.co.uk website,
it says mental effects of alcohol differ
from person to person depending on
how much they drink and for how long
they’ve been drinking. Occasional drinkers experience feelings of relaxation and
an energizing release of shyness. Moderate drinkers will come across feelings
of nervousness, sadness, irritation and
some relationship problems, while heavy
drinkers will be faced with insomnia,
paranoia and hallucinations.
Many people drink to make their
problems go away, but unfortunately
alcohol offers a temporary escape.
Alcohol is a depressant that decreases
brain activity within a person’s nervous
system. According to Health24 website
(10 September 2010) the health risks
include cirrhosis (hardening) of the liver,
gastrointestinal problems, damage to
the heart muscle and impaired muscle
functioning. Heavy drinkers often tend
to miss meals or lack adequate diets and
therefore suffer nutritional imbalance
and have an impaired immune system.
Prolonged intake of alcohol can result
in brain damage. This can occur as a
result of a vitamin B2 deficiency. A wellknown condition, Korsakov’s syndrome,
is an amnesic disorder which means
that people find it difficult to remember
past events and to learn new things.
Alcoholism can also lead to impotence
in men, damage to the fetus in pregnant
women and an elevated risk of cancer
of the larynx, esophagus, stomach,
pancreas and upper gastrointestinal
tract. Women cannot tolerate alcohol as
well as men and are more vulnerable to
alcohol related health risks than men.
The psychological effects of alcohol
intoxication include lack of inhibitions,
increase in aggression and violence,
uninhibited sexual behavior/lack of
interest in sex, mood swings, depression,
impaired memory and sensory-motor
co-ordination. In the Fatal Crashes per
month report, compiled by Arrive Alive
(www.arrivealive.co.za) reports that in
March 2012, North West Province had
54 crashes, where 23 pedestrians, 30
passengers and 29 drivers lost their lives
on the road. In some of the accidents,
reckless driving and drunk driving may
have been the cause. We have seen
news reports about people that have lost
their lives due to drunk driving. One
may ponder that alcohol adverts are also
playing a role in encouraging people to
drink. Minister of Health, Dr Aaron
Motsoaledi wants t ban alcohol advertising. He is quoted saying he will present
Parliament with a [draft] legislation
“next week”.
He was speaking at the launch of
Health Systems Trust medical publication on Tuesday. He has urged doctors
and academics to support him in his
plan to stop the marketing of alcohol
beverages. Professor Charles Parry of
the Medical Research Council says:
• 130 people in SA die each day because
of alcohol abuse. Causes of deaths
include road accidents, liver diseases,
some cancers and HIV - as alcohol promotes risky sexual behaviour;
• Alcohol abuse is estimated to cost the
country R38bn a year. This is much
more than R2bn spent on alcohol advertising; and
• The World Health Organisation estimates that lifestyle diseases will become
the biggest killer and health expense by
2020 worldwide.
The price increase of alcohol won’t
make any difference, as people don’t
mind to dig deeper into their pockets to
buy the most expensive type of drinks.
Buying alcohol from over the counter
doesn’t make it any less of an addictive
drug.
Is there a thing called responsible drinking? It starts with not driving under the
influence of alcohol.
OUKASIE STORMWATER UPGRADE
Due to the landscape of Oukasie Township, there has been a lot of challenges
due to storm water more especially during rainy seasons. Communities around
that area have experienced a lot of problems because storm water causes
uncontrolled streams of water within their settlements and also there was a
continuous leaking irrigation canal running inside the township. Therefore
such challenges resulted in the community choosing such a project as a
priority need during the IDP public participation process.
MIG funding approved the project for an amount of R54 000 000 to cover the
entire Oukasie township. The scope of the approved plan was to upgrade the
current storm water network and to surface gravel roads in order to protect
soil erosion. The appointed engineers, Manes Consulting Engineers will be
responsible for the planning, designing and project management for the
entire project and will be constructed in phases.
In the current phase for 2012/13 financial year the Municipality has appointed
Unity Construction as a contractor for this project, and the scope to be covered
by Unity construction is to construct 3.7km of internal streets and associated
storm water drainage facilities. The contractor has currently contracted three
emerging local contractors as sub contractors on the project and a total of 43
locals have been employed in this phase. The envisaged completion date for
the current phase is 30th of May 2013.
“These developments will be accepted around the township as there will no
longer be an outcry of water streams and storm water problems” said the
locals when contacted to comment on the project.
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12 April 2013
Brits District Hospital applauds
Association of Women Ministry
Brits – Brits District Hospital
has been the brand that various
organizations across Madibeng
Local Municipality have joined
forces with to render a quality
and comprehensive health care
and one of that organization is
Association of Women Ministry,
which came to the Hospital on
the 4th April 2013 to pray for
healing of the patients as well as
giving them needed gifts.
T
his ministry, which is a collective
of various denominations, wholeheartedly donated items such as bath
towels, deodorants, bath soaps, toothpastes, tissues, washing cloths and etc
to patients.
“We are here to showcase our social solidarity towards the vision of
the hospital in a form of prayer and
donations,” said the chairperson of
the association Mrs M. S. Tlhaletoe
She went on to say that Brits District
Hospital should be seen as the place
of healing and one of the ways to
achieve that is through prayer. Representing the CEO of the hospital, Mrs
Elizabeth Kuscus (Nursing Services
Manager) thanked the association for
demonstrating their efforts to work
with the hospital to build a healthy
people or a community.
“Your association has put into practice the President Jacob Zuma’s call
for working together towards doing
and achieving more,” Kuscus said in
jubilation as she received the donation
from the association on behalf of the
Brits District Hospital’s management.
In the same vein, a month back Brits
Hospital opened its Paeds ward for
Brits Nandos staff and management
to brighten the admitted kids day with
various gifts.
92 year old Granny raped GO SLOW POLICY FOR TEACHERS
Perpetrators of sexual violence
against the vulnerable, particularly elderly women should have
no place in society, North West
Premier Thandi Modise said on
Sunday.
E
xpressing shock about the rape
of a 92 year old Mmakau granny,
who was allegedly repeated raped in
the early hours of Sunday morning,
Premier Modise reiterated her earlier call for intensified united action
against crime and the scourge of rape.
“When the elderly are living in fear of
being raped by children old enough
to be their grandchildren in some
instances, society should stand up
to stamp the tide of the scourge of
rape and say enough is enough,” said
Modise.
The Premier added that crime was
eroding the moral fibre and needs to
be fought on all fronts.
She also called on the community to
A FACT OR A PROTEST?
assist police in their investigations to
ensure that the perpetrator responsible
for the heinous crime is behind bars.
Modise also called on crime prevention structures such as Community
Policing Forums, street committees
and neighbourhood watch to look
into providing elderly women who
are staying on their own with whistles
which they could blow to alert their
neighbourhood of the threat of the
scourge of rape and other crimes in
their homes.
According to police, the perpetrator
had forcefully broken the granny’s
front door which was chain locked
in order to gain entry.
Spokesperson
for the North West Police, Captain
Adele Myburgh said the man repeatedly raped the woman for three hours
before fleeing on foot.
Myburgh
said that the elderly woman who was
severely traumatised was taken to
hospital.
The South African Democratic
Teachers Union has embarked
on a go slow to press for the resignation of the Minister of Basic
Education Angie Motshekga
and the Director-General of the
Education department Bobby
Soobrayan.
T
his comes when schools reopened for the second term beginning of this week. General Secretary of SADTU Mugwana Maluleke
said teachers will report for duty and
teach but will not do any extra work
such as attending departmental workshops, marking of tests or supplementary exams and working after hours.
The Union have since last year called
for the resignation of the Minister and
the D-G, it has raised issues of lack
of leadership and guidance by the
Minister and not attending to problems within the department. Some of
the issues SADTU raised concerning
Motshekga are state of Education in
Eastern Cape is deteriorating even
further where learners continue to
learn on mud schools and dilapidating schools. The failure to deliver
textbooks in time in Limpopo and lack
of her intervention when community denied Northern Cape learners
education when they protested against
service delivery, are the issues raised
by the teacher’s union. The minister
is failing the nation and she continues
to undermine collective bargaining,
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her leadership is affecting the quality
of education, Maluleke said. SADTU
have threatened to go on a nation
wide strike if Education is made an
essential service, this was the call made
at the ANC national Conference in
Mangaung last year.
However Minister Motshekga held a
press briefing on Tuesday to discuss
issues of Education in general.
Motshekga told reporters on Tuesday
that she had yet to be briefed on the
effect of the go-slow in schools “I am
seriously bothered” she said. “ I’m
disappointed about this trend of stakeholders choosing to communicate with
the Basic Education Minister through
the media statement. We are always
committed and available to meet and
discuss any concerns raised by unions
as we regularly do,” said Motshekga.
12 April 2013
NWPG intervenes in three municipalities
The North West Provincial Executive Council (Exco) has resolved to invoke Section 139(1) b
of the constitution in Matlosana,
Maquassi Hills and Ditsobotla
Local Municipality. The decision
to intervene in the three municipalities was taken at an Exco
meeting held in Mahikeng on
Wednesday.
T
he intervention in the three
municipalities were informed by
assessments that were conducted by
the Provincial Department of Local
Government & Traditional Affairs in
terms of the local government turnaround strategy that determined the
municipalities were dysfunctional in
certain areas and needed to be supported and strengthened to rescue
them from collapse.
In terms of the resolution by Exco,
the provincial government will as-
sume all executive powers of council
and administration as prescribed in
Section 44 and 49 of the Local Government Municipal Structures Act as
Maquassi Hills and Ditsobotla Local
Municipalities are on the verge of collapse and unable to render services to
residents and perform their duties and
obligations due to lack of capacity and
maladministration.
The intervention in Matlosana will be
limited to control of finances. Administrators and experts will be deployed
to the three municipalities during the
period of intervention which is expected to last for a period of six months
and a maximum of twelve months.
An analysis by the provincial department of Local Government and
Traditional Affairs revealed that
Motlasana Local municipality had
failed to honour its statutory, financial
obligations and incurred a long-standing debt with Eskom and MiDVAAL
water board which resulted in two
bulk services accounts being in arrears
in excess of R100 million has been
experiencing serious administrative
and financial challenges for the past
two years because:
·
The municipality is not collecting what is due for services rendered
to consumers-the debtors book is
standing at about R960 million.
·
There is non-enforcement of
debt collection and credit control policies as adopted by council.
·
The municipality is using the
revenue from the sale of electricity to
subsidise other services that consumers are not paying for such as water
services.
·
The municipality has numerous
contractual obligations with consultants for services such as debt collection, meter reading, and other services
that could be done internally.
·
There is a lack of management
and leadership capacity in the Budget
and Treasury Office resulting in poor
financial management and administration of the municipality’s finances.
The Exco resolution for Intervention
in Madibeng Local Municipality taken
in July 2012 was stalled for implementation pending the outcome of an
investigation into allegation of corruption and maladministration instituted
by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
A meeting between Premier Thandi
Modise, Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs
Richard Baloyi and the Acting MEC
for Local Government and Traditional
Affairs, Paul Sebegoe is scheduled
to take place next week Tuesday to
receive the Minister’s report on the
investigation and determine a wayforward on Madibeng.
a DJ; with DJs Klaas and Godsend’s
mentoring, he can produce as well
because he “got tired of playing other
people’s songs”. He has produced
eight tracks for people.
towards. He wants to own his studio,
record label, become an international
DJ.
Mac Lopez squeezes success in North West
We meet on a Sunday afternoon at the post office. From
what I observe he seems shy or
maybe he’s holding back. Green
stripped golf shirt and sneakers,
cap, tight track pants and beads
as accessory.
H
e sits on the far end of the
“stoep”, head hunched in between his knees, reflecting. “ We lived
in a four roomed house, my older
brother was schooling at Wits University. My mom was unemployed. We
all depended on the profits my father
made from his bricks business,” said
Sipho “Mac Lopez” Nkwane.
Born on the 22nd of May 1990, to
Maria and Asiel Nkwane, he is the
fifth child of seven from Legonyane.
Mac Lopez had hopes of being a
soccer player. That was until he
developed passion for music. “I was
in Grade 8. I was also a dancer; we
formed a dance group that performed
at school’s shows,” said Mac Lopez.
had no equipment then. “My cousin
Molefe Moeng then hooked me up
with Katlego Mahlatsi, who taught
me the basics of and introduced me to
dj’ing for two months,”
“ In 2006 my brothers friend had faith
in me that he borrowed me his music
equipment to practice with. From
2006 to 2007, I practiced daily with
tronic jams on turntables and cdj. My
luck changed when I bumped into DJ
Micho at a wedding in Legonyane,”
recalled Mac.
This is a tale that Mac will never stop
telling. The beginning…”They were
looking for a cdj for a gig in Jericho,
I had one. I went with them at Ultra
Chill of Cuba and DJ Micho squeezed
me in his set. It was the first time I
played for a crowd. My first gig! The
pub’s owner Kakaps gave me a 30
minutes chance. I was very short. I
had to climb on top of the crates to
reach the turntables,”
Mac says he took everyone by surprise.
“It was a perfect set. Then Kakaps
organized a special event to promote
me. He played a significant role, he
believed in me,” said Mac.
He says he had a rigid support structure from his family.
“I started playing dance music, 2011
while living in Pretoria. I approached
Khuze, he owns Café del Khuze in
Sunny side. I asked to play at his place.
He was blown away. After my set he
told me “Psyfonic” don’t suit me. He
gave me the name “Mac Lopez” and
it gained popularity”
Mac says the first DJ he saw performing live was Patlama, then Micho. “I
We can say the rest is history. He got
booked for more gigs. He is not only
At age 23, there is no stopping Mac
Lopez. He has goals that he is working
AfriForum has called on the City
of Matlosana Municipality to
take action and remedy the bad
management of the local landfill site. This follows complaints
received from the local community.
branch, the landfill poses a severe
environmental and health risk. ”There
are several factors that give rise to
environmental pollution and health
concerns. Residents who live near
the site are affected by pollution and
odours, and farm animals have died
after waste spilled over from the site,”
Lillie said. (See photo attached.)
AfriForum has sent a letter to the Municipality, requesting action to remedy
the situation. “The Municipality is not
complying with permit conditions and
we had to intervene,” Lillie added.
He says he started going to bashes
when he was 16 years old. “My brothers would chase me away should they
see me there. Looking at Djs doing
their thing deepened my love for music. I started to record mixtapes that
played on radio,” explains Mac.
“My turning point was at a concert
in Pretoria Show Grounds. I was in
the line up with the biggest names in
the country; Culoe de Song, Shimza,
Euphonik, Teargas, Black Motion
amongst others. It was a confirmation
that music is what I wanted to do,”
says Mac Lopez
ILLEGAL DUMPING BY MUNICIPALITY
A
ccording to Bill Lillie, chairperson of the AfriForum Klerksdorp
The pollution can be attributed to bad
management. “In terms of the National Environmental Waste Management Act No 59 of 2008, the permit
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holder is primarily and ultimately
accountable for the landfill and any
effect it may have on the surrounding
environment,” Lillie said.
AfriForum will continue to monitor
the situation and criminal charges are
being considered.
12 April 2013
Premier Modise expresses shock at rape of 3-year old girl
North West Premier Thandi
Modise has expressed shock and
called for justice following the
rape of a three-year-old girl at
Umzomhle in Orkney.
P
remier Modise expressed concern
that the mother of the little girl
had allegedly not taken the appropriate action of reporting the incident to
the police or presented her for medical
examination soon after the incident.
“We hope that the omission to report
the matter to the police before she
purportedly went to the clinic and
ultimately walked away before her
daughter was examined had nothing
to do with protecting the perpetrator
responsible for the ghastly act who
should be behind bars. Though we
sympathise with her for the ordeal that
her daughter experienced, a person
of her age should have known better
and acted so as not to jeopardise the
case,” stressed the Premier.Modise
called on parents in the light of infants
and minors affected by the scourge of
rape to be vigilant, not to leave their
children with strangers even if it’s for
a short period and to check them for
injuries or strange behaviour particularly when they return from crèches,
day care centres and other home care
arrangements.
edly told her mother that her genitals
were painful.
The mother is said to
have noticed a white substance and
Vaseline on the private parts of the
victim when she was bathing her and
took the child to a local clinic but left
before the nurses could attend to them
because there were many people in the
queue.
Sergeant Kelebogile Moiloa of
the North West Police confirmed that
Social Workers would investigate and
determine if the 28-year-old mother
should be charged with child neglect
as the case was only reported this past
Sunday.
She called for counselling and other
psychological services to be provided
to the child to assist her deal with
the trauma. According to police the
mother of the minor alleged that she
left the victim at her neighbour’s house
and went to work over five weeks ago,
on Thursday 21 February 2013. On
her return from work, the girl report-
Moiloa said that though no one has
been arrested at this stage, police took
the child to the clinic for medical
examination and they are still waiting
for the results.
Premier Modise paying tribute to fallen heroes
The lives of the thirteen members of the South African National Defence Force who fell
in battle in the Central African
Republic were not dedicated
to conflict or death but to compassion and life, North West
Premier Thandi Modise said
at the memorial service held in
honour of Private Karabo Edwin
Matsheka and Vusumzi in Mmabatho on Thursday.
P
remier Modise in paying tribute to
the soldiers hailed them as heroes
who were committed to something
greater than themselves and had
mustered the physical and moral courage to accomplish extraordinary feats
in battle. Modise said that they were
ordinary men who rose to meet seemingly impossible odds and did extraordinary things for the nation.
“These brave men left the safety and
comfort of our land in making sure
that peace is attained in the Central
African Republic (CAR).We join the
nation in saluting and honouring them
for the supreme sacrifice they have
paid for the achievement of Peace in
the continent,” the Premier emphasised. Modise said as a country we
must always remember them and pay
tribute to the stories of the heroes.
“We cannot return those who have
gone, however we can and we will
cherish the virtue of their sacrifice
in thought and deed to educate our
nation and our children in their spirit;
to love with all our might our beloved
South Africa, to take pride in it and
work ceaselessly towards progress,”
she added.
The Speaker of the Provincial Legislature, Supra Mahumapelo and Victor
Tsie who represented the South African Military Veterans Association also
hailed the fallen heroes as role models
and gallant fighters. Keresepe Moncho
representing the two families conveyed
the appreciation that the families are
receiving from the South African Defence Force and North West provincial
government which is also supporting
the Matsheka and Ngaleka families
to meet costs towards the funerals of
the two heroes. In recognition of 28-
Premier Thandi Modise comforting the mother to Private Karabo
Edwin Matsheka,Setlhake Matsheka at the memorial service held in
honour of Private Karabo Matsheka and Vusumzi Ngaleka at the Mmabatho Civic Centre on Thursday.
year- old Private Matsheka’s gallantry, his funeral service to commence at
Kgosi Jeff Montshioa of the Barolong 7:00 am tomorrow will be held at the
Tribal Kgotla. Private Ngaleka is to be
Boo-Ratshidi Traditional Council has
also buried tomorrow in Khayelisha in
allocated a burial site at Maphacwe
the Western Cape.
Cemetery reserved for Barolong BooRatshidi Chiefs and the honour that
Harsh sentences for David Hall’s alleged murderers
The trial of two men accused of
murdering dairy farmer David
Hall continues in the Potchefstroom High Court today. Hall
and his wife, Bernadette, were
attacked on their farm outside
Fochville on 20 February last
year. Mr Hall was gunned down
and killed. His wife was severely
assaulted in the attack.
C
ivil rights organisation AfriForum
is attending the court proceedings
to support the Hall family. According
to Reg Crewe, Head of Community
Safety at AfriForum, it is becoming
apparent, as the facts unfold, that
robbery is not the main motive for the
attack.
Crewe says the Hall family deserves
justice in court. “The reality is that
Bernadette has been traumatised by
being forced to relive that day. We
expect that justice will prevail, and demand the most severe punishment for
these two alleged murderers. We also
expect the police to continue to hunt
down their three accomplices, and
bring them to justice,” Crewe said.
The two accused, Paulos Moloi (33)
and Amos Nyangiwe (29) face possible life sentences if convicted of the
murder, and extra time for the other
charges ranging from assault with the
intent to do grievous bodily harm to
the possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
To date, Police Minister, Nathi
Mthethwa, has steadfastly refused the
request by AfriForum to prioritize
farm attacks and set up specialist pro-
tection units for rural communities, as
he had done with other crimes such as
rhino poaching and cable theft.
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12 April 2013
Efforts to reduce poverty
NEW PROCEDURE FOR RAPE CASES
Brits District Hospital in partnership with the Madibeng Sub
District developed a protocol for
rape that is aiming at assisting
South African Police Services
with speedy processing of forensic evidence and moreover
ensuring that the patients receive adequate medical care to
mitigate trauma.
Municipalities need to align
their Integrated Development
Plans and strengthen their support for Local War Rooms on
Poverty in order to contribute towards reduction of poverty and
unemployment, the North West
Provincial Executive Council
(Exco) resolved on Wednesday.
T
he War on Poverty (WoP) and
Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) were
designed to reduce poverty and unemployment in rural areas estimated
at 32.46% that affects about 42.06%
of young people who constitute the
total unemployment population in the
province.
A
ccording to Brits District Hospital Acting Clinical Manager, Dr
Chikere Orji the protocol for rape
stakeholders including SAPS (Sexual
Assault unit) have met and explored
the logic behind this unique protocol.
“Our Hospital casualty tends to be a
lot more busy at night thus if we get a
vehicle accident casualties just after a
doctor has started to attend to a rape
patient, this could mean that those
vehicle accident patients will have
to wait for an hour or so before the
doctor is finished with only one rape
patient,” Dr Orji expressed
It was against such developments that
protocol for rape was developed and
agreed by the most senior doctors to
ensure that lives are safe as well as
rape victims are given the adequate
medical care. The protocol says that
the police should bring the client
to Brits District Hospital Casualty
between 07h00 – 19h00 and take
the client to either Bapong Clinic
or Letlhabile Clinic between 19h00
– 07h00. The rationale behind this
move is that Bapong and Letlhabile
Clinics have medical doctors available
24hours respectively. Moreover unlike
Brits Hospital both clinics are not busy
at night and they will assist SAPS to
process evidence quickly and ensuring
that patients receive adequate medical
care. The Chief Executive Officer of
Brits District Hospital, Mr Themba
Mhlanga said that this protocol for
rape is one of the reliable practice
tools to reduce waiting times in hospital casualty at night to improve patient
satisfaction and care.
The WoP Programme prioritises provision of basic rights interventions to
reduce household poverty. The basket
of services for graduating households
out of poverty includes identification,
health, education, social welfare, indigent support, household conditions,
employment and improvement of
Letlhakaneng Breeds Talent
Mogomotsi “Morzaaq defVillage” Khumalo is the second last
of five siblings. He was born in
September 1985, from Letlhakaneng in Brits (North West).
H
e went to Gofaona pre-school
then stayed with his grandmother at Kgabalatsane. He attended only
Grade 2 at Motsile Primary School
then moved back home to stay with his
mother. He went to Tolamo Primary
School doing Grade 3 till he went
to high school at Lot Masiane High
School.
NWPG intervenes in three municipalities
The North West Provincial Executive Council (Exco) has resolved to invoke Section 139(1) b
of the constitution in Matlosana,
Maquassi Hills and Ditsobotla
Local Municipality. The decision
to intervene in the three municipalities was taken at an Exco
meeting held in Mahikeng on
Wednesday.
T
he intervention in the three
municipalities were informed by
assessments that were conducted by
the Provincial Department of Local
Government & Traditional Affairs in
terms of the local government turnaround strategy that determined the
municipalities were dysfunctional in
certain areas and needed to be supported and strengthened to rescue
them from collapse.
In terms of the resolution by Exco,
the provincial government will assume
all executive powers of council and
administration as prescribed in Section 44 and 49 of the Local Government Municipal Structures Act as
Maquassi Hills and Ditsobotla Local
Municipalities are on the verge of collapse and unable to render services to
residents and perform their duties and
obligations due to lack of capacity and
maladministration.
The intervention in Matlosana will be
limited to control of finances. Admin-
basic income services.
The CRDP on the other hand is
designed to address rural development
through and reform, agrarian transformation and rural development.
Eighty-one thousand households in
wards predominantly having farm
workers, irrigation schemes and land
reform projects in Ngaka Modiri
Molema and Dr. Ruth Segomotsi
Mompati were targeted for profiling
during the 2012/2013 financial year.
The two districts are among the 21
districts prioritised by cabinet for accelerated service delivery.
According to Census 2011, the poverty level in the North West province is
estimated at 37% with 19% of households falling within the expenditure
of R600, 00 and less per month. It is
estimated that 60, 4% of children and
51% of youth live in conditions of
poverty.
istrators and experts will be deployed
to the three municipalities during the
period of intervention which is expected to last for a period of six months
and a maximum of twelve months.
An analysis by the provincial department of Local Government and
Traditional Affairs revealed that
Motlasana Local municipality had
failed to honour its statutory, financial
obligations and incurred a long-standing debt with Eskom and MiDVAAL
water board which resulted in two
bulk services accounts being in arrears
in excess of R100 million has been
experiencing serious administrative
and financial challenges for the past
two year.
The Exco resolution for Intervention
in Madibeng Local Municipality taken
in July 2012 was stalled for implementation pending the outcome of an
investigation into allegation of corruption and maladministration instituted
by Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
A meeting between Premier Thandi
Modise, Minister of Cooperative
Governance and Traditional Affairs
Richard Baloyi and the Acting MEC
for Local Government and Traditional
Affairs, Paul Sebegoe is scheduled
to take place next week Tuesday to
receive the Minister’s report on the
investigation and determine a wayforward on Madibeng.
Morzaaq defVillage is a Contemporary R&B singer and songwriter with
mild Hip-Hop and strong Jazz influences. As a Young boy, he used to
perform in a Gospel (vocal) Boy Band
called “Inspiration” with his cousin
Abisae Pooe, Thabo, Ramasego
and David. The group performed
in churches around North West and
Pretoria from 1998 till 2003 and went
largely unnoticed. He then continued
with his cousin Abisae to perform and
do studio sessions, and then together
got involved in a musical in Pretoria at
the Unisa Little Theatre with Russell
Lang called “From the pub to the palace”. In 2005 Morzaaq went to study
Jazz and Contemporary Music Majoring In Vocals/Singing at Ochrim
School of Music. Morzaaq defVillage
blazed his own trail as a solo artist,
signing with Various Pretoria musicians; doing gigs in cafes and corporate functions.
In 2006 he got involved on Subsist
Moth’s album recording as a co-producer, arranger and writer. He wrote
a track titled “Holy” for the project
and sang on it. He then did a Musical
at The Wild Coast Casino in Durban
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with Gavin Peters called “Tribute to
the greatest” and In the same year he
briefly did some studio work with Mnqobi “Shota” Mdabe from the group
Shana (Black Coffee, Demor, Shota)
Morzaaq defVillage started working
with Eury “Keys Snow” Mabotha in
2008 on Solani kubeka’s Project. Then
in 2010 Morzaaq and Keys Snow
worked on a track together called
“Mosadi Waka” (he wrote and sang on
it) that made the cut to Keys Snow’s
debut album “The Bigger Picture”
and helped put Morzaaq defVillage on
the map in South Africa. The album
“The bigger picture” Features on a
5CD Pack album called House Afrika
Sessions2 and was released October
2012. Shortly after the HOUSE AFRKA SESSIONS2 went out and people
got, djs got interested in working with
Morzaaq defVillage as he uses Setswana in his writing and that got people
interested and got calls for features.
Did a track with Rowick Deep and the
album was released in 2011, then in
2012 did a track Dj Sisco Umlambo.
Mogomotsi “Morzaaq defVillage”
Khumalo is an Independent Artist,
Started a recording label called Lomakhu Music. He specializes in R&B,
soul, neo,
soul,
house
and
gospel.
He is a
musician,
singersongwriter, music
producer
and a
vocal
coach.
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The Madibeng Local Municipality is putting up new fencing around the
sewage water cleaning plant at the entrance of Brits.
The first years in the firsr team of Frans Du Toit Rugby Team from
Phalaborwa have to walk around with teddy bears as part of their initiation. (Brits during a rugby tour)
BETHANIE RANGERS
An initiative by Kgosi Motheo
Mamogale of the Bakwena Ba
Mogopa set up a group of eleven
rangers from Bethanie with
the duties of patrolling various
farms, looking for suspicious
activity from criminals.
Th
eir responsibility is to identify
illegal snares that could pose
danger to wild animals, illegal hunters
(poachers) that violates the hunting
laws and regulations. In most cases
these poachers don’t have a hunting
license, they illegally sell the animals
they killed or their parts to make
money and use illegal weapons when
hunting. This will result animals being
endangered or even extinct.
Brits and neighboring areas has become playground for criminals, which
target farmers. Farm attacks, house
invasions; stock and cable theft are
some of the activities that the residents
suffer from, imposed by criminals.
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Saving the world one
globe at a time
When the world needs saving,
superheroes may get the job
done chop-chop. But that is ideal
in comic books and movies. Being an environmental hero goes
hand in hand with being a good
citizen.
Our team compiled a few tips on how to
save the environment:
• Switch off everything you are not using that uses electricity (geyser, lights)
• Leaving devices plugged in can eat
up energy. Try unplugging
• Instead of drying clothes, hang them
on a washing line, it makes clothes
smell nice and fresh and it is environmentally friendly. Tumble dryers are
among the biggest energy users in
most households.
• Close doors after you leave a room
when you leave the house. Try to close
doors to all rooms you don’t normally
need. This will save a lot of excess
heating or cooling that’s need to make
your house warm.
• Check leaks. If your faucets drip, get
them fixed or at least put a container
under the drip in the meantime. Turn
off water when you are not using it.
If you’re brushing your teeth, turn off
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• Take shorter showers instead of filling the bathtub with water.
• Don’t take plastic bags if you don’t
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• Use only as much toilet paper as you
can.
• Coordinate recycling with your
friends and neighbors. If the local
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neighborhood where people can bring
recyclables, then you can use just one
car to drive them to the depot
• Don’t waste food. The best way is to
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so you buy no more than you need.
• Stop reading newspapers. If you can
look up news on the internet, it takes
up less energy than cutting down trees,
making paper and transporting it to
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•Plant a tree. They absorb carbon
dioxide. If you can’t plant one, try
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trees.
• Make compost. Designate an area in
your yard to put your waste; fruit peels
and uneaten food. Keep the compost
heap far from water source. Put a
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Rifleman Matsheka laid to rest among Chiefs
Rifleman Karabo Edwin Matsheka was celebrated as a hero,
role model and a patriot amid
shouts of “airborne all the way”
at a military/state funeral service held in honour at the Barolong Boo-Ratshidi Tribal Kgotla.
loss of our colleagues, compatriots and
friends whilst celebrating their lives in
service of the South African nation,”
said Matlakeng. In thanking the North
West Provincial Government and the
South African National Defence Force
for their support, Matsheka’s cousin,
Keresepe Moncho said that his cousin
had a towering proportion of discipline
wherever he was and the family will always remember him for his humbleness.
Matsheka is survived by his 95 year-old
grandmother, 44 year- old- mother,
fiancé and a three- year- old son
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Premier Thandi Modise at the funeral service of Refileman Karabo
Edwin Matsheka who fell in the Central African Republic.
priceless .They have overdone themroes. “Their lives speak to the strength,
selves. They fought for the course of the the dignity, the decency of those who
Republic of South Africa, of which we
serve, and that is how they will be
all are the de facto beneficiaries to these remembered .Let us draw strength and
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Maseng in his message of condolences.
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Barolong Boo-Ratshidi chiefs, North
West Premier Modise urged poets, singers, writers and dancers to ensure that
his name is not forgotten but remembered for generations to come. Premier
Modise said that the name of Matsheka and twelve members of the 44
parachute regiment who fell in Central
African Republic would forever be engraved in the hearts of South Africans
as protectors and defenders of peace,
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Modise reminded the over three thousand mourners. In giving an account of
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the Bike Riders Easter Weekend Tournament, sponsored by
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our local teams from Mmakau
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FC. Barcelona won 3-1. In the final
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against Survivors FC. It was a tough
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with a score 0 all. The game went to
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Mmakau Barcelona was awarded
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jersey, soccer ball and R500.00. The
goalkeeper and captain of Barelona
was nominated the best player of the
tournament
“It was a wonderful soccer event since
the existence of the organization. We
would like to thank Friends of De
Wildt bikers club and Mr. Phaladi Moche for their contribution. On behalf
of BBMSO and MFA I would like
to commend them for positive efforts
into the uplifting of our community,”
said Andrew Motlogeloa, Chairperson
of BBMSO. “On the 27th of April
we going to host a sports tournament
where various teams of different sport
codes (i.e. volley ball, netball and soccer) will take part, to celebrate Freedom Day. We haven’t confirmed the
venue yet. The organization is under
new management. With the help of
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School, who connected us with the
company Discovery, I believe Mmakau
is going to change,” said Motlogeloa.
“ Members of the club have been
riding for more than 20 years, and
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and welcomed us. As a way to show
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the members and use it to support
the community. There’s a number of
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De Wildt bikers club.
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